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... Heaven descended to the low - rooft house Of Socrates , see there his Tenement , Whom well inspir'd the Oracle pronounc'd Wisest of men ; from whose mouth issu'd forth Mellifluous streams that water'd all the schools Of Academics old ...
... Heaven descended to the low - rooft house Of Socrates , see there his Tenement , Whom well inspir'd the Oracle pronounc'd Wisest of men ; from whose mouth issu'd forth Mellifluous streams that water'd all the schools Of Academics old ...
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... Heaven descended to the low - rooft house Of Socrates . Milton has allowed the temptation to begin with the best of pagan thought , the philosophy of ' the wisest of the heathen . ' But , heathen still , the Socrates of the Dialogues ...
... Heaven descended to the low - rooft house Of Socrates . Milton has allowed the temptation to begin with the best of pagan thought , the philosophy of ' the wisest of the heathen . ' But , heathen still , the Socrates of the Dialogues ...
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... heaven with our wings of knowledge and specula- tion ; whereas , the highest mystery of a divine life here , and of perfect happiness hereafter , consisteth in nothing but mere obedi- ence to the Divine will . Happiness is that inward ...
... heaven with our wings of knowledge and specula- tion ; whereas , the highest mystery of a divine life here , and of perfect happiness hereafter , consisteth in nothing but mere obedi- ence to the Divine will . Happiness is that inward ...
Contents
Milton as a Student of Plato | 3 |
Academics Old and New | 27 |
Himself a True Poem | 45 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Plato and Milton Cornell paperbacks, ISSN 2574-707X Volume 35 of Cornell studies in English |
| Author | Irene Samuel |
| Edition | reprint, reissue |
| Publisher | Cornell University Press, 1965 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 11 Mar 2008 |
| Length | 182 pages |
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