A collection of aphorisms and commentary by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, first published in London in 1825. Its distinction between Reason and Understanding, framed as a guide to Christian reflection, reached American readers through the 1829 Burlington, Vermont edition with an introductory essay by James Marsh, and became a founding text for New England Transcendentalism.
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Publication YearAmerican edition, the one that reached Emerson and the Transcendentalists, followed in 1829. Original Language Classification
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AN Author has three points to settle: to what sort his work belongs, for what description of readers it is intended, and the specific end, or object, which it is to answer.
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