Religious and Moral Ideas in the Novels of George EliotUniversity of Wisconsin--Madison, 1963 - 398 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 11
Page 45
... Spinoza than the Christian concept of God , as one who , one who , having created anything for the benefit of man , set aside the laws of nature to perform miracles on man's behalf . Spinoza confirmed the views that Eliot had already ...
... Spinoza than the Christian concept of God , as one who , one who , having created anything for the benefit of man , set aside the laws of nature to perform miracles on man's behalf . Spinoza confirmed the views that Eliot had already ...
Page 46
... Spinoza's determinism is much more refined than that of Bray . According to Spinoza , every event that occurs takes place with mathe- We are conscious only of our desires , not matical necessity . the causes of them . We imagine that ...
... Spinoza's determinism is much more refined than that of Bray . According to Spinoza , every event that occurs takes place with mathe- We are conscious only of our desires , not matical necessity . the causes of them . We imagine that ...
Page 49
... Spinoza , advocates resignation and activity and has full faith in man's capacity to transcend traditional pressures and move towards perfection by exercising rational choice . Eliot's translation of Spinoza's works was never pub ...
... Spinoza , advocates resignation and activity and has full faith in man's capacity to transcend traditional pressures and move towards perfection by exercising rational choice . Eliot's translation of Spinoza's works was never pub ...
Common terms and phrases
action Adam Bede admiration Amos Barton Arthur artist Auguste Comte become belief Book VII Bray's called Chapter character Charles Bray Charles Lee Lewes Christianity Church churchmen clerical Comte concept Coventry criticism Daniel Deronda deeds divine doctrines dogma egoism Eliot presents Eliot's ethics emotions essay Evangelical evil experience F. R. Leavis fact faith Farebrother feelings Felix Holt felt Feuerbach fiction finds Floss George Eliot Gilfil's Gwendolen Haight heart Hennell's Hetty Hetty's human nature ideas influence intellectual Janet's Repentance Jesus letter Lewes lives London looked Maggie man's mankind Mary Ann Middlemarch Mill mind miracles Miss Evans moral never novelist one's pantheism parishioners passionate philosophy poem poetry position preacher religion religious Romola Sara Sophia Hennell sense sermons Silas Marner social soul Spinoza spirit story Strauss struggle suffering suggests sympathy theology things thought Transome truth Tryan Westminster Review William Wilberforce writes wrote to Sara young