In these assassinations of princes and statesmen, there is nothing to excite our wonder ; important changes often depend on their deaths ; and, from the eminence on which they stand, they are peculiarly exposed to the aim of every artist who happens to... De Quincey's works - Seite 15von Thomas De Quincey - 1854Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| 1827 - 944 Seiten
...and against Locke's philosc— pby in particular, I think it an uiuuiswerableobjection, (if weneeded any,) that, although he carried his throat about with...philosopher of the seventeenth century (if we except Galileo) was Des Cartes ; and if ever one could say of a man that he was all but murdered — murdered... | |
| 1827 - 968 Seiten
...every artist who happens to be possessed by the craving for scenical effect. But there is another clase of assassinations, which has prevailed from an early...philosopher of the seventeenth century (if we except Galileo,) was Des Cartes ; and if ever one could say of a man that he was all but murdered — murdered... | |
| Thomas De Quincey - 1851 - 278 Seiten
...They are all of them exemplaria, of which one may say, — Nocturnfi versat& manu, versate diurne ; Especially nocturnd. In these assassinations of princes...philosopher of the seventeenth century (if we except Galileo) was Des Cartes ; and if ever one could say of a man that he was all but murdered — murdered... | |
| Thomas De Quincey - 1851 - 284 Seiten
...eminence for the two last centuries has -either been murdered, or, at the least, been very near !*; insomuch, that if a man calls himself a philosopher,...philosopher of the seventeenth century (if we except Galileo) was Des Cartes ; and if ever one could say of a man that he was all but murdered — murdered... | |
| Thomas De Quincey - 1862 - 382 Seiten
...exemplaria model murders, pattern murders, of which one may say,— "Noctunut versate mauu, versate diurnS;" especially nocturnd. In these assassinations of princes...showing my own learning. The first great philosopher ot the seventeenth century (if we except Bacon and Galileo) was Des Cartes; and if ever one could say... | |
| Thomas De Quincey - 1862 - 380 Seiten
...of eminence for the two last centuries has either been murdered, or, at the least, been very nea r it ; insomuch, that if a man calls himself a philosopher,...showing my own learning. The first great philosopher ot the seventeenth century (it we except Bacon and Galileo) was Des Cartes; and if ever one conld say... | |
| Thomas De Quincey - 1863 - 380 Seiten
...peculiarly exposed to the aim of every artist who happens to be possessed by the craving for seenieal effect. But there is another class of assassinations,...showing my own learning. The first great philosopher ol the seventeenth century (if we except Bacon and Galileo) was Des Cartes; and if ever one could say... | |
| Rossiter Johnson - 1874 - 216 Seiten
...exemplaria, of which one may say, — " Nocturaa versata manu, versate diurne " ; especially noctuma. In these assassinations of princes and statesmen,...philosopher of the seventeenth century (if we except Galileo) was Des Cartes ; and if ever one could say of a man that he was all tut murdered, — murdered... | |
| English authors - 1876 - 504 Seiten
...also be treated cesthetically, as the Germans call it — that is, in relation to good taste. . . . In these assassinations of princes and statesmen,...subject, chiefly by way of showing my own learning. . . . Hobbes — but why, or on what principle, I never could understand — was not murdered. This... | |
| Henry Norman Hudson - 1877 - 478 Seiten
...may also be treated aesthetically, as the Germans call it, — that is, in relation to good taste. In these assassinations of princes and statesmen,...seventy-two years, no man ever condescended to cut it. Hobbes — but why, or on what principle, I never could understand — was not murdered. This was a... | |
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