Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Question 1

A “Bull” (psychology)

Answer 1

Phenomenon whereby the mind under the influence of passion connects 2 ideas that are incongruous (Nort STC 409)

STC was fascinated by them

Subject object: “I was a fine child, but they changed me.” The “I” is the “ego contemplans” and the “me” is the “ego contemplatus”

Question 2

Haec ipsi novimus esse nihil

Answer 2

“We ourselves know these things to be nothing”

On STC’s advice, Southey uses this for his motto for all minor poems

Question 3

STC’s feelings on Edmund Burke

Answer 3

C admired B’s rhetorical style even though he disagreed with some political views.

Thought B read history philosophically

Hazlitt said C admired B, but not as much as he did Jeremy Taylor, or other elder prose writers.

Question 4

What does “noscitur a socio” mean, and what might it have to do with Coleridge?

Answer 4

“He is known by the company he keeps”

STC saw himself judged by his friendship with Wordsworth & Southey

Question 5

Sciolism

Answer 5

First used by Coleridge

“Superficial knowledge” (OED)

“A . . . greater diffusion of literature shall produce an increase of sciolists” (Biographia, Nort. STC 404)