Plato and MiltonCornell University Press, 1965 - 182 pages |
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Page 163
... Adam and his angelic visitor , do we learn why Milton has been so emphatic in his first description of the love between Adam and Eve . As Adam relates how he asked God for a companion , we begin to hear the subtler themes of Platonic ...
... Adam and his angelic visitor , do we learn why Milton has been so emphatic in his first description of the love between Adam and Eve . As Adam relates how he asked God for a companion , we begin to hear the subtler themes of Platonic ...
Page 166
... Adam dignifies Eve beyond her proper worth , and ceases to desire what reason bids him desire , the scale is upset , and his love is no longer that which ' begins and ends in the soul , producing those happy twins of her divine ...
... Adam dignifies Eve beyond her proper worth , and ceases to desire what reason bids him desire , the scale is upset , and his love is no longer that which ' begins and ends in the soul , producing those happy twins of her divine ...
Page 167
... Adam to learn from a second angelic teacher how he may regain a measure of happiness by re- storing his sense of values . The most important part of the lesson Adam makes clear : Henceforth I learn , that to obey is best , And love with ...
... Adam to learn from a second angelic teacher how he may regain a measure of happiness by re- storing his sense of values . The most important part of the lesson Adam makes clear : Henceforth I learn , that to obey is best , And love with ...
Contents
Milton as a Student of Plato | 3 |
Academics Old and New | 27 |
Himself a True Poem | 45 |
Copyright | |
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