READER!-You have been bred in a land abounding with men, able in arts,
learning, and knowledges manifold... But there is one art, of which
every man should be master, the art of REFLECTION. If you are not a
thinking man, to what purpose are you a man at all? -from "The Author's
Preface" Here in one compact volume are two important works on religion
and spirituality from one the finest poets in the English language. In
Aids to Reflection, first published in 1825, and Confessions of an
Inquiring Spirit, which appeared in 1840, Coleridge ponders: - pain and
pleasure, aka "sensibility" - prudential aphorisms - elements of
religious philosophy - original sin - redemption - the divine origin of
the Bible - and much more. With the included essay on faith and
Coleridge's notes on The Book of Common Prayer, this is a concise guide
to the philosophical thinking of one of the great names in English
literature. English poet and philosopher SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE
(1772-1834) is considered one of the great writers of Romanticism, the
late 18th century artistic and intellectual movement. His best known
works are The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and Kubla Khan.