Languages of Nature: Critical Essays on Science and LiteratureL. J. Jordanova |
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... Eliot's employment of this device , and suggests some of its more far - reaching impli- cations . One of these implications concerns the importance attached to an individual's memory as a guarantee of a secure , seamless , continuous ...
... Eliot's employment of this device , and suggests some of its more far - reaching impli- cations . One of these implications concerns the importance attached to an individual's memory as a guarantee of a secure , seamless , continuous ...
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... Eliot's day and their fragility heightened his sense that a robust science should have its own vigorous language . George Eliot's own intimate associates , George Henry Lewes and Herbert Spencer , were particularly involved with the ...
... Eliot's day and their fragility heightened his sense that a robust science should have its own vigorous language . George Eliot's own intimate associates , George Henry Lewes and Herbert Spencer , were particularly involved with the ...
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... Eliot employed a number of important , if controversial , ideas from contemporary social and psychological theory , never treating them uncritically but rather examining their weaknesses and limitations . Eliot's fic- tional ...
... Eliot employed a number of important , if controversial , ideas from contemporary social and psychological theory , never treating them uncritically but rather examining their weaknesses and limitations . Eliot's fic- tional ...
Contents
Contributors | 7 |
Introduction | 15 |
Nature as Ethical Norm in the Enlightenment | 51 |
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