The Marvellous in Fielding's NovelsUniversity Press of America, 1981 - 235 pages The first full length work to explore in depth Fielding's concept of wonder and the marvellous. Argues that Fielding defended the classical Christian ideas of wonder) wonder as the beginning of Philosophy) in an age that reduced wonder to vulgar astonishment at the grotesque, the old, and the curious (what Fielding calls 'the monstrous'). |
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... prudence in the cor- rupt sense of self - interest : charity begins at home . They all assume that prudence means fear , caution , and distrust . They regard it as a nega- tive quality : not trusting a stranger , not wast- ing their ...
... prudence in the cor- rupt sense of self - interest : charity begins at home . They all assume that prudence means fear , caution , and distrust . They regard it as a nega- tive quality : not trusting a stranger , not wast- ing their ...
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... prudence results from " long reflec- tion and experience , " his past mistakes as a fop and rakehell in London . His prudence belongs to the classical - Christian tradition of the cardinal virtues , prudence as right reason or moral con ...
... prudence results from " long reflec- tion and experience , " his past mistakes as a fop and rakehell in London . His prudence belongs to the classical - Christian tradition of the cardinal virtues , prudence as right reason or moral con ...
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... prudence and justice , he ob- serves the " law of nature " in the natural law tra- dition summarized , for example , by Richard Hooker in the first book of The Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity . Inasmuch as man practices the Christian ...
... prudence and justice , he ob- serves the " law of nature " in the natural law tra- dition summarized , for example , by Richard Hooker in the first book of The Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity . Inasmuch as man practices the Christian ...
Contents
ART AS THE ABILITY TO CONCEAL | 1 |
NATURE AND FORTUNE AS INTELLI | 55 |
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