Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) is a colossal figure who bestrides the age lying between the age of Pope and the Romantics.  In acknowledgement of his extraordinary erudition, he is often referred to as Dr. Johnson.  Dr. Johnson made lasting contributions to English literature as a poet, playwright, essayist, moralist, literary critic, biographer, editor, and lexicographer.  He is an important figure not only for conservative thinking, but the English moral sense tradition.  On today's episode, we discuss this much-overlooked but enormously important literary figure.