Languages of Nature: Critical Essays on Science and LiteratureL. J. Jordanova |
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... specific fund of images and metaphors . This same language was used in novels , as well as in philosophical and political writings . In this sense we may speak of shared cultural resources , a language of nature , which achieved its ...
... specific fund of images and metaphors . This same language was used in novels , as well as in philosophical and political writings . In this sense we may speak of shared cultural resources , a language of nature , which achieved its ...
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... specific aspect of nature has begun . Beer's approach should be applied to many other scientific texts , and , at a more specific level , the theme of ' evolutionary narratives ' is a useful one in understanding nineteenth - century ...
... specific aspect of nature has begun . Beer's approach should be applied to many other scientific texts , and , at a more specific level , the theme of ' evolutionary narratives ' is a useful one in understanding nineteenth - century ...
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... specific names , as with the primrose and cowslip ; and in this case scientific and common language will come into accordance . . we shall at least be freed from the vain search for the undiscovered and undiscoverable essence of the ...
... specific names , as with the primrose and cowslip ; and in this case scientific and common language will come into accordance . . we shall at least be freed from the vain search for the undiscovered and undiscoverable essence of the ...
Contents
Contributors | 7 |
Introduction | 15 |
Nature as Ethical Norm in the Enlightenment | 51 |
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