Plato and MiltonCornell University Press, 1965 - 182 pages |
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Page 105
... delightful studies ' ( Church - Gov . 3. 241 ) . To be sure , men innumer- able have found learning a delight , and if this were the whole or even a separable aspect of Milton's theory , we should hardly call it Platonic . But in Milton ...
... delightful studies ' ( Church - Gov . 3. 241 ) . To be sure , men innumer- able have found learning a delight , and if this were the whole or even a separable aspect of Milton's theory , we should hardly call it Platonic . But in Milton ...
Page 126
... delight that will arise from the harmonious agreement between our wills and God's will . There is nothing contrary to God in the whole world , nothing that fights against him but self - will . . . . It was by reason of this self - will ...
... delight that will arise from the harmonious agreement between our wills and God's will . There is nothing contrary to God in the whole world , nothing that fights against him but self - will . . . . It was by reason of this self - will ...
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... delight to Reason join'd . ( 9. 241-3 . ) But when the delight of love is no longer ' to Reason join'd , ' when Adam dignifies Eve beyond her proper worth , and ceases to desire what reason bids him desire , the scale is upset , and ...
... delight to Reason join'd . ( 9. 241-3 . ) But when the delight of love is no longer ' to Reason join'd , ' when Adam dignifies Eve beyond her proper worth , and ceases to desire what reason bids him desire , the scale is upset , and ...
Contents
Milton as a Student of Plato | 3 |
Academics Old and New | 27 |
Himself a True Poem | 45 |
Copyright | |
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