Complete Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge. With An Introductory Essay Upon His Philosophical And Theological Opinions Ii
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It is worthy of remark, that the influence of these writings contributed greatly, not indeed to raise the present emperor, but certainly to reconcile a numerous class of politicians to his un- limited authority : and as far as his lawless passion for war an conquest allows him to govern according to any principles, he favors those of the physiocratic philosophers. His early educa- tion must have given him a predilection for a theory conducted throughout with mathematical precision ; its very si...mplicity promised the readiest and most commodious machine for desjjot- ism, for it moulds a nation into as calculable a power as an army ; while the stern and seeming greatness of the whole, and its mock elevation above human feelings, flattered liis pride, hardened his conac 2nce, and aided the efforts of self-delusion. Reason is the ESSAY IV. 183 sole sovereign, the only rightful legislator : but reason to act on man must be impersonated. The Providence which had so mar- vellously raised and supported him, had marked him out for the representative of reason, and had armed him witli irresistible force, in order to reaUze its laws.
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