From Character to Nature: Pope' s "Ruling Passion" and Hume' s "Predominant Inclination".
This paper discusses the theory of passions of Alexander Pope (1688-1744) and David Hume (1711-1776). It focusses on two phrases: "ruling passion" by Pope and "predominant inclination" by Hume. This study attempts to demonstrate that Hume used his term with a similar meaning to that of Pope. The imp...
| Publicado en: | Anachronist Vol. 18; no. 2; pp. 402 - 417 |
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