What Matthew Arnold thinks about consciousness
English poet and cultural critic (1822 to 1888); author of Culture and Anarchy.
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1 dated position, c. 1867–1869, in their own words. Our reading of what Matthew Arnold has said — not written or endorsed by them.
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Our readingHellenism is governed by spontaneity of consciousness, Hebraism by strictness of conscience
Their wordsAn unclouded clearness of mind, an unimpeded play of thought, is what this bent drives at. The governing idea of Hellenism is spontaneity of consciousness; that of Hebraism, strictness of conscience.
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