Plato and MiltonCornell University Press, 1965 - 182 pages |
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... Aristotle . Clearly , in order to place Milton in the Platonic tradition we must understand his opinion of Plato's first great pupil . On the whole , he thought decidedly well of ' Aristotle , our chief instructor in the universities ...
... Aristotle . Clearly , in order to place Milton in the Platonic tradition we must understand his opinion of Plato's first great pupil . On the whole , he thought decidedly well of ' Aristotle , our chief instructor in the universities ...
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... Aristotle , and recognized him as one of ' the best inter- preters of nature and morality , ' but none the less rejected the Aristotelian way of thought . Why , we learn from a passage in the Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce . Here ...
... Aristotle , and recognized him as one of ' the best inter- preters of nature and morality , ' but none the less rejected the Aristotelian way of thought . Why , we learn from a passage in the Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce . Here ...
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... Aristotle refined the con- cepts of form and essence without refuting Plato's view , Milton tries to keep his use of the terms consistent with both Plato and Aristotle . Thus in his Logic he offers the definition : Form is the cause ...
... Aristotle refined the con- cepts of form and essence without refuting Plato's view , Milton tries to keep his use of the terms consistent with both Plato and Aristotle . Thus in his Logic he offers the definition : Form is the cause ...
Contents
Milton as a Student of Plato | 3 |
Academics Old and New | 27 |
Himself a True Poem | 45 |
Copyright | |
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