1973, ISBN: 9024715539

[EAN: 9789024715534], Neubuch, [SC: 0.0], [PU: Springer Netherlands], ERASMUSOFROTTERDAM; HUMOUR; MEDIA; LITERARYDICTION, Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - The Child is… More...

[EAN: 9789024715534], Neubuch, [SC: 0.0], [PU: Springer Netherlands], ERASMUSOFROTTERDAM; HUMOUR; MEDIA; LITERARYDICTION, Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - The Child is father of the Man; And I could wish my days to be Bound each to each by natural piety. William Wordsworth, 'Ode: Intimations of Immortality' Wallace Stevens said somewhere that the theory of poetry is the life of poetry.l Charles Darwin, who likes poetry, 'recognized that at the eost of losing his appreciation of poetry and other things that delighted him in his youth, his mind had become a 'machine for grinding generallaws out of large colleetions of facts.' '2 Somewhere in between the polar positions of Stevens' extreme aesthetic belief and Darwin's extreme meehanistic belief lies the aesthetics of empirical thought and the whole modem Romantic tradition. There have been men in between who were both meehanists and poets, who both beIieved in automatic material meehanisms and tried to use the imagination. Erasmus Darwin was one of these 'in between' figures. and since he lived early (1731-1802) in the modem scientific era he was one of the first. This older Darwin, the grandfather of Charles, has not been given due credit as a transitional figure in the development of the literature of our scientific era. Although historically and in terms of intelleetual stature the grandfather was a fanciful child compared to the giant grand soo, Erasmus Darwin's habits of thought anticipated one of the most distinguishing charaeteristics of his grandson. (The genetic suggestive., Books<

ISBN: 9789024715534

The Child is father of the Man; And I could wish my days to be Bound each to each by natural piety. William Wordsworth, Ode: Intimations of Immortality Wallace Stevens said somewhere … More...

The Child is father of the Man; And I could wish my days to be Bound each to each by natural piety. William Wordsworth, Ode: Intimations of Immortality Wallace Stevens said somewhere that the theory of poetry is the life of poetry.l Charles Darwin, who likes poetry, recognized that at the eost of losing his appreciation of poetry and other things that delighted him in his youth, his mind had become a 'machine for grinding generallaws out of large colleetions of facts.' 2 Somewhere in between the polar positions of Stevens' extreme aesthetic belief and Darwin's extreme meehanistic belief lies the aesthetics of empirical thought and the whole modem Romantic tradition. There have been men in between who were both meehanists and poets, who both beIieved in automatic material meehanisms and tried to use the imagination. Erasmus Darwin was one of these in between figures. and since he lived early (1731-1802) in the modem scientific era he was one of the first. This older Darwin, the grandfather of Charles, has not been given due credit as a transitional figure in the development of the literature of our scientific era. Although historically and in terms of intelleetual stature the grandfather was a fanciful child compared to the giant grand­ soo, Erasmus Darwin's habits of thought anticipated one of the most distinguishing charaeteristics of his grandson. (The genetic suggestive. Trade Books>Trade Paperback>Philosophy>Philosophy>Philosophy, Springer Netherlands Core >1<

ISBN: 9789024715534

The Child is father of the Man; And I could wish my days to be Bound each to each by natural piety. William Wordsworth, "Ode: Intimations of Immortality" Wallace Stevens said somewhere th… More...

The Child is father of the Man; And I could wish my days to be Bound each to each by natural piety. William Wordsworth, "Ode: Intimations of Immortality" Wallace Stevens said somewhere that the theory of poetry is the life of poetry.l Charles Darwin, who likes poetry, "recognized that at the eost of losing his appreciation of poetry and other things that delighted him in his youth, his mind had become a 'machine for grinding generallaws out of large colleetions of facts.' "2 Somewhere in between the polar positions of Stevens' extreme aesthetic belief and Darwin's extreme meehanistic belief lies the aesthetics of empirical thought and the whole modem Romantic tradition. There have been men in between who were both meehanists and poets, who both beIieved in automatic material meehanisms and tried to use the imagination. Erasmus Darwin was one of these "in between" figures. and since he lived early (1731-1802) in the modem scientific era he was one of the first. This older Darwin, the grandfather of Charles, has not been given due credit as a transitional figure in the development of the literature of our scientific era. Although historically and in terms of intelleetual stature the grandfather was a fanciful child compared to the giant grand­ soo, Erasmus Darwin's habits of thought anticipated one of the most distinguishing charaeteristics of his grandson. (The genetic suggestive., Springer<

1973, ISBN: 9024715539

[EAN: 9789024715534], Neubuch, [PU: Springer Netherlands], ERASMUSOFROTTERDAM HUMOUR MEDIA LITERARYDICTION SPRACHWISSENSCHAFT LITERATURWISSENSCHAFT ERASMUS OF ROTTERDAM LITERATURWISSENSCH… More...

[EAN: 9789024715534], Neubuch, [PU: Springer Netherlands], ERASMUSOFROTTERDAM HUMOUR MEDIA LITERARYDICTION SPRACHWISSENSCHAFT LITERATURWISSENSCHAFT ERASMUS OF ROTTERDAM LITERATURWISSENSCHAFT, ALLGEMEIN LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE LITERARY DICTION, Dieser Artikel ist ein Print on Demand Artikel und wird nach Ihrer Bestellung fuer Sie gedruckt. The Child is father of the Man And I could wish my days to be Bound each to each by natural piety. William Wordsworth, \\ Ode: Intimations of Immortality\\ Wallace Stevens said somewhere that the theory of poetry is the life of poetry.l Charles Darwin, who, Books<

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*The Comedian as the Letter D: Erasmus Darwins Comic Materialism* - Auflage 1973 / Taschenbuch für 106.99 € / Aus dem Bereich: Bücher, Wissenschaft, Sprachwissenschaft Medien > Bücher nei… More...

*The Comedian as the Letter D: Erasmus Darwins Comic Materialism* - Auflage 1973 / Taschenbuch für 106.99 € / Aus dem Bereich: Bücher, Wissenschaft, Sprachwissenschaft Medien > Bücher nein Buch (kartoniert) Hardcover;Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik;Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft, Springer Netherlands<