Samuel Johnson's "general nature"
Subtitle: tradition and transition in eighteenth-century discourse
By: Scott D. Evans.
Publisher: University of Delaware Press; Associated University Presses
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Newark; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 168
Subjects: Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784 -- Philosophy.; Philosophy of nature -- History -- 18th century.; Philosophy, English -- 18th century.
Description: "No student of eighteenth-century literature can overlook either the prominence or the ambiguity of the term "nature". This study examines the problematic indispensability of "nature" in the eighteenth century from the perspective of its employment by Samuel Johnson."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [156]-162) and index.