Samuel Johnson: A Layman's ReligionUniversity of Wisconsin Press, 1964 - 240 pages Influence of Johnson's own religious interpretation on his life and work. |
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... wished to avoid reciting the proper pref- ace , a text on which he had stated reservations in his book on the Trinity . As a result he was censured by the Lower House of Convocation , and the bishops undertook an investigation of his ...
... wished to avoid reciting the proper pref- ace , a text on which he had stated reservations in his book on the Trinity . As a result he was censured by the Lower House of Convocation , and the bishops undertook an investigation of his ...
Page 104
... wished to invalidate a reliance on reason alone and to combat the notion that the passions are necessarily evil . Consequently , they preached the idea that pity and compassion are natural to man and that he should find joy in his ...
... wished to invalidate a reliance on reason alone and to combat the notion that the passions are necessarily evil . Consequently , they preached the idea that pity and compassion are natural to man and that he should find joy in his ...
Page 118
... - sistance , those who wished to renounce their course of life had no means of abandoning it . Six years later , Jonas Hanway and Robert Dingley , in an attempt to solve this problem 118 Samuel Johnson : A Layman's Religion.
... - sistance , those who wished to renounce their course of life had no means of abandoning it . Six years later , Jonas Hanway and Robert Dingley , in an attempt to solve this problem 118 Samuel Johnson : A Layman's Religion.
Contents
Johnson and William Law | 3 |
Johnson and Samuel Clarke | 27 |
The Atonement | 46 |
Copyright | |
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