DOI: 10.4324/9780415249126-DB045-1
Version: v1, Published online: 1998
Retrieved March 19, 2024, from https://www.rep.routledge.com/articles/biographical/johnson-samuel-1709-84/v-1
Version: v1, Published online: 1998
Retrieved March 19, 2024, from https://www.rep.routledge.com/articles/biographical/johnson-samuel-1709-84/v-1
Article Summary
Famous as a man of letters and lexicographer, Johnson was no formal academic philosopher – indeed he was suspicious of abstractions. His works perfectly embody the darker side of the eighteenth-century mind, with its distrust of theoretical reason and system-mongering, and a profound sensitivity to the imperfections of a human existence in which there was more to be endured than to be enjoyed.
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Porter, Roy. Johnson, Samuel (1709–84), 1998, doi:10.4324/9780415249126-DB045-1. Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Taylor and Francis, https://www.rep.routledge.com/articles/biographical/johnson-samuel-1709-84/v-1.
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Porter, Roy. Johnson, Samuel (1709–84), 1998, doi:10.4324/9780415249126-DB045-1. Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Taylor and Francis, https://www.rep.routledge.com/articles/biographical/johnson-samuel-1709-84/v-1.
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