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Samuel Johnson's "general nature" : tradition and transition in eighteenth-century discourse / Scott D. Evans.
LIBRA PR3537.P5 E73 1999
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Evans, Scott D., 1953-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784--Philosophy.
- Johnson, Samuel.
- Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784.
- Philosophy of nature--History--18th century.
- Philosophy of nature.
- Philosophy, English--18th century.
- Philosophy, English.
- History.
- Philosophy.
- Physical Description:
- 168 pages ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Newark : University of Delaware Press ; London ; Cranbury, NJ : Associated University Presses, [1999]
- Contents:
- Classical "nature"
- Medieval "nature"
- "Nature" in eighteenth-century discourse
- Nature and value in the Rambler, Idler, and Adventurer
- Johnson on the experimental philosophy
- Representation, imagination, and nature in Johnson's literary criticism
- Johnson and eighteenth-century reductionism.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [156]-162) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0874136962
- OCLC:
- 41315344
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