Thoughts on Man, His Nature, Productions and Discoveries: Interspersed with Some Particulars Respecting the AuthorGood Press, 25. 11. 2019 - 330 strán (strany) "Thoughts on Man, His Nature, Productions and Discoveries: Interspersed with Some Particulars Respecting the Author" by William Godwin is a collection of essays that were conceived from countless hours the author spent contemplating the world. The body and mind, talent, intellect, rebellion, innocence, the length of human life, leisure, and more are all discussed in this book. Through his words, Godwin is able to provide readers with a fascinating window into his mind. |
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... means of unwearied application. To this class of the oracular I certainly did not belong. I felt that I had nothing to say, that it should be very difficult to understand. I resolved, if I could help it, not to "darken counsel by words ...
... means of unwearied application. To this class of the oracular I certainly did not belong. I felt that I had nothing to say, that it should be very difficult to understand. I resolved, if I could help it, not to "darken counsel by words ...
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... mean rivalship against it. What a sublimity is to be attributed to his upright form! He is not fashioned, veluti pecora, quae natura prona atque ventri obedientia finxit. He is made coeli convexa tueri. The looks that are given him in ...
... mean rivalship against it. What a sublimity is to be attributed to his upright form! He is not fashioned, veluti pecora, quae natura prona atque ventri obedientia finxit. He is made coeli convexa tueri. The looks that are given him in ...
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... means of warfare in any sort to our recollection. The mind may aptly be described under the denomination of the "stranger at home." With their bodies most men are little acquainted. We are "like unto a man beholding his natural face in ...
... means of warfare in any sort to our recollection. The mind may aptly be described under the denomination of the "stranger at home." With their bodies most men are little acquainted. We are "like unto a man beholding his natural face in ...
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... means which are so intimately connected with their preservation and welfare; and we call it instinct. We may be certain it does not arise from a careful survey of their parts and members, and a methodised selection of the means which ...
... means which are so intimately connected with their preservation and welfare; and we call it instinct. We may be certain it does not arise from a careful survey of their parts and members, and a methodised selection of the means which ...
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... mean time is well pleased when he escapes from the ergastulum where he had previously dwelt, and in which he had experienced corporal infliction and corporal restraint. At first, in the newness of his freedom, he breaks out into idle ...
... mean time is well pleased when he escapes from the ergastulum where he had previously dwelt, and in which he had experienced corporal infliction and corporal restraint. At first, in the newness of his freedom, he breaks out into idle ...
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OF IMITATION AND INVENTION | |
OF SELFLOVE AND BENEVOLENCE | |
Buy now and read | |
OF BELIEF | |
OF YOUTH AND AGE Magna debetur pueris reverentia | |
OF LOVE AND FRIENDSHIP | |
OF FRANKNESS AND RESERVE | |
OF BALLOT | |
OF INTELLECTUAL ABORTION | |
OF THE DURABILITY OF HUMAN ACHIEVEMENTS AND PRODUCTIONS | |
OF THE REBELLIOUSNESS OF | |
OF HUMAN INNOCENCE | |
OF THE DURATION OF HUMAN LIFE | |
OF HUMAN VEGETATION | |
OF LEISURE | |
OF DIFFIDENCE | |
OF SELFCOMPLACENCY | |
OF PHRENOLOGY | |
OF ASTRONOMY | |
It is also no more than just that we should bear in mind | |
OF THE MATERIAL UNIVERSE | |
OF HUMAN VIRTUE THE EPILOGUE | |
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