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Aids to Reflection; and, The Confessions of an Inquiring Spirit — Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Aids to Reflection; and, The Confessions of an Inquiring Spirit

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

  • Essays
  • Book language: English
  • 434 pages

A collection of philosophical and religious essays and aphorisms by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. 'Aids to Reflection' offers reflections on morality, faith, and spiritual growth, while 'Confessions of an Inquiring Spirit' considers reason and Scripture. For listeners drawn to thoughtful prose on belief and self-examination.

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AIDS TO REFLECTION
AND
THE CONFESSIONS OF AN
INQUIRING SPIRIT.
BY
SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE.
TO WHICH ARE ADDED
HIS ESSAYS ON FAITH AND THE BOOK OF
COMMON PRAYER, ETC.
NEW EDITION, REVISED.
LONDON: GEORGE BELL AND SONS, YORK STREET,
COVENT GARDEN.
1884.

CHISWICK PRESS: C. WHITTINGHAM AND CO., TOOKS COURT,

CHANCERY LANE.

NOTE TO THIS EDITION.

Tƒŧ present re-print of the 'Aids to Reflection' is mainly from Mr. H.

N. Coleridge's, or the fourth edition. In some points, however, the earlier editions, which have been carefully consulted throughout, have been followed.

Dr. Marsh's Preliminary Essay to the 'Aids to Reflection' is printed from his own second edition, published with the 'Aids' at Burlington,

U.S., in 1840.

Coleridge's posthumous 'Confessions of an Inquiring Spirit' is from

Mr. H. N. Coleridge's text, which was printed from the author's MS.

The 'Essay on Faith' and 'Notes on the Book of Common Prayer' are re-printed from Coleridge's 'Remains,' as being, possibly, parts of the

"supplementary volume" to the 'Aids to Reflection,' which the author contemplated (vide p. 257) but never published. The 'Nightly Prayer' is also re-printed from Coleridge's 'Remains.'

CONTENTS.

PAGE

AƗŠǪ ǵLj RŧflŧŕǵƗLjƿ:

Author's Original Title-page, 1825

ix

Mr. H. N. Coleridge's Advertisement to the Fourth Edition xi

Author's Address to the Reader

xiii

Author's Preface and Advertisement

xv

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Contents

  1. AIDS TO REFLECTION AND THE CONFESSIONS OF AN INQUIRING SPIRIT.
  2. NOTE TO THIS EDITION.
  3. CONTENTS.
  4. AIDS TO REFLECTION IN THE FORMATION OF A MANLY CHARACTER, ON THE SEVERAL GROUNDS OF PRUDENCE, MORALITY, AND RELIGION.
  5. CONFESSIONS OF AN INQUIRING SPIRIT.
  6. ESSAY ON FAITH
  7. NOTES ON THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER.
  8. A NIGHTLY PRAYER. 1831.
  9. ERRATUM.
  10. INDEX.
  11. THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG™ LICENSE

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