Religious and Moral Ideas in the Novels of George EliotUniversity of Wisconsin--Madison, 1963 - 398 pages |
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Page 170
... feelings of submission and dependence , becomes religion . " 19 III Religion , Eliot believed , must be rooted in the feelings . Eliot seemed to accept the Like Comte , and Schleiermacher , tripartite psychology of her day according to ...
... feelings of submission and dependence , becomes religion . " 19 III Religion , Eliot believed , must be rooted in the feelings . Eliot seemed to accept the Like Comte , and Schleiermacher , tripartite psychology of her day according to ...
Page 172
... feelings dictate . Any philosophy of life that denies the primary importance of feelings will break down in critical moments . In Silas Marner , in the opening chapters , Eliot established that religion which is born out of a social ...
... feelings dictate . Any philosophy of life that denies the primary importance of feelings will break down in critical moments . In Silas Marner , in the opening chapters , Eliot established that religion which is born out of a social ...
Page 179
... Feelings , she firmly believed , are the roots of piety and the problem be- fore man is to direct them in altruistic ... feeling as a flow that naturally goes outward . It is aroused by objects outside the self nature , one's fellow ...
... Feelings , she firmly believed , are the roots of piety and the problem be- fore man is to direct them in altruistic ... feeling as a flow that naturally goes outward . It is aroused by objects outside the self nature , one's fellow ...
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