Samuel Taylor Coleridge [ Art and Literature ]
… array of theories and writings as by personal experience. It emphasizes the importance of domestic affections for the formation of human character and social sympathy . People > Art and Literature Keywords Affection Benevolence … Adam Smith ’s economic theory which turned men into things, mere mechanisms for the production system, thus impeding the formation and development of domestic affections. Coleridge was appalled by the selfishness which characterized human … in heaven?’ (McFarland 126-127) Coleridge thus adopted a Burkean vision of the importance of domestic affections for the formation of society. Like Burke, Coleridge believed that familial affections set the foundations of man’s love to his …
Affection | Benevolence | Conversation | Family | Friendship | Imagination | Patriotism | Science | Sympathy
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