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Saturday, January 25, 2014
James Fenimore Cooper, The Spy
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Introduction Opening Passage: It was near the close of the year 1780 that a solitary traveler was seen pursuing his way through one of t...
Friday, January 24, 2014
Prayers Written by Philosophers V
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Friedrich Schleiermacher (1768-1834) is best known for his work in the philosophy of religion, but a good argument can also be made that he ...
Shared Emotion
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The most frequent examples in Austen of shared emotion involve the depiction of siblings, another affirmation of Hume's contention that ...
Thursday, January 23, 2014
Back I Return to the World
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IV. The Return Home by William Whewell Once has the pallid Moon replenisht her shadowy circle Since the Belov'd in my arms breath’d ...
Wednesday, January 22, 2014
Prayers Written by Philosophers IV
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Sir Francis Bacon (1561-1626) had an active political career under Elizabeth I and James; the former seems not to have liked him, leading to...
Tuesday, January 21, 2014
Two Poem Drafts
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A good feast of St. Agnes to you. Melancholy Strain I love the melancholy strain, amidst the sunlight falling rain, the fair remembran...
Monday, January 20, 2014
Prayers Written by Philosophers III
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John Norris (1657-1711) was one of the most important rationalists in an increasingly empiricist England. He had gone some way to building t...
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