Pope and Berkeley
Download or Read eBook Pope and Berkeley PDF written by T. Jones and published by Springer. This book was released on 2005-09-15 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Author | : T. Jones |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 212 |
Release | : 2005-09-15 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780230511026 |
ISBN-13 | : 0230511023 |
Rating | : 4/5 (26 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Pope and Berkeley by : T. Jones
Book excerpt: The first study dedicated to the relationship between Alexander Pope and George Berkeley, this book undertakes a comparative reading of their work on the visual environment, economics and providence, challenging current ideas of the relationship between poetry and philosophy in early eighteenth-century Britain. It shows how Berkeley's idea that the phenomenal world is the language of God, learnt through custom and experience, can help to explain some of Pope's conservative sceptical arguments, and also his virtuoso poetic techniques.