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Page 113
... Religion was perhaps the most delicate area of Pope's entire personality . Against his interests , he was a lifelong Roman Catholic , perhaps not especially devout , but nevertheless he did attend Mass and had numerous friends who were ...
... Religion was perhaps the most delicate area of Pope's entire personality . Against his interests , he was a lifelong Roman Catholic , perhaps not especially devout , but nevertheless he did attend Mass and had numerous friends who were ...
Page 114
... religion of everything that was inessential to it , reducing it to the lowest common denominator of beliefs that all Christians could share . Deism would then become an aspect of Pope's moderate antisectarianism . Concentration on ...
... religion of everything that was inessential to it , reducing it to the lowest common denominator of beliefs that all Christians could share . Deism would then become an aspect of Pope's moderate antisectarianism . Concentration on ...
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... religion and considered them a thin cloak for atheism . Burke in his pam- phlet adopts the persona of Bolingbroke himself . He first paints an appeal- ing portrait of “ natural society ” as founded in " natural Appetites and Instincts ...
... religion and considered them a thin cloak for atheism . Burke in his pam- phlet adopts the persona of Bolingbroke himself . He first paints an appeal- ing portrait of “ natural society ” as founded in " natural Appetites and Instincts ...
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