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… to appreciate hyperbole simply did not appeal to moralists. 7 . William Paley, The Principles of Moral and Political Philosophy, 2 vols., 4th ed. (London, 1787), vol 1, ch. XV, p. 184-85. Fiction was too close to the lie to be generally …
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