 ... he that can, with Epicurus, content his ideas with the films and images that fly off upon his senses from the superficies of things ; such a man, truly wise, creams off nature, leaving the sour and the dregs for philosophy and reason to lap up. This...  Southern Literary Messenger - Halaman 1431849Tampilan utuh - Tentang buku ini
 | Christopher Fox - 2003 - 306 halaman
...completely acceptable means of knowing. Surface wisdom, nonetheless, says the narrator, affords us "the sublime and refined point of felicity, called, the Possession of being well deceived; The Serene Peaceful State of being a Fool among Knaves" (PW i: 11o). He leaves us with... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 2004 - 290 halaman
...his ideas with the films and images that fly off upon his senses from the superficies of things; 0 such a man, truly wise, creams off Nature, leaving...point of felicity, called the possession of being well deceived; the serene peaceful state, of being a fool among knaves. But to return to madness. It... | |
 | Bidyut Chakrabarty - 2004 - 192 halaman
...our fear, but reality; he thought that to try to escape from it was to embrace delusion - 'creaming off nature, leaving the sour and the dregs for philosophy and reason to lap up'. If we take an examination of what is generally understood by happiness . . . we shall find all its... | |
 | Howard D. Weinbrot - 2005 - 412 halaman
...Epicurus content his Ideas with the Films and Images that fly off upon his Senses from the Superßfies of Things; such a Man truly wise, creams off Nature, leaving the Sower and the Dregs, for Philosophy and Reason to lap up. This is the sublime and refined Point of... | |
 | Christian Mair - 2006 - 26 halaman
...as object Compare "On each hand of every seat were placed Crutches for the Priest to lean upon" and "Such a man, truly wise, creams off nature, leaving...and the dregs, for philosophy and reason to lap up," from Baselinel700. Like many similar structures these could be regarded as relative constructions ("crutches... | |
 | Thomas Keymer - 2006 - 298 halaman
...endorsement of the benefits ofphilautia which finds a parallel in A Tale of a Tub in the Hack's delight in the "sublime and refined point of felicity, called the possession of being well deceived"" More significantly, the passage contains the stoic maxim which Sterne chose as his... | |
 | John Farrell - 2006 - 372 halaman
...Epicurus content his Ideas with the Films and Images that fly off upon his Senses from the Superfides of Things; Such a Man truly wise, creams off Nature, leaving the Sower and the Dregs, for Philosophy and Reason to lap up. This is the sublime and refined Point of... | |
 | Ronald Paulson - 2007 - 423 halaman
...Possession of being well Deceived. . . . Such a Man truly wise, creams off Nature, leaving the Sower and the Dregs, for Philosophy and Reason to lap up....Point of Felicity, called, the Possession of being well deceived; the Serene peaceful State of being a Fool among Knaves.26 The alternative? — "and... | |
 | Juliet Cummins, David Burchell - 2007 - 264 halaman
...the ultimate end of physic). Swift goes on to say that the state of mind of the natural philosopher "is the sublime and refined point of felicity, called the possession of being well deceived', the serene peaceful state, of being a fool among knaves": Jonathan Swift, ed. A. Ross... | |
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