Plato and MiltonCornell University Press, 1965 - 182 pages |
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Page 117
... faith , the food of love , as the most desirable of goods . Eve and Adam after her break faith in disobeying God's commands , reverse the scale of values , thinking to raise knowledge above trust , and thus fall from love and wisdom , faith ...
... faith , the food of love , as the most desirable of goods . Eve and Adam after her break faith in disobeying God's commands , reverse the scale of values , thinking to raise knowledge above trust , and thus fall from love and wisdom , faith ...
Page 129
... faith all knowledge will rise directly from his com- munion with God . Once again hear Milton on our under- standing and its object : The very essence of Truth is plainness and brightness ; the darkness and crookedness is our own . The ...
... faith all knowledge will rise directly from his com- munion with God . Once again hear Milton on our under- standing and its object : The very essence of Truth is plainness and brightness ; the darkness and crookedness is our own . The ...
Page 150
... Faith and Love which parted from thee never , Had ripen'd thy just soul to dwell with God . ( 1-2 . ) And here in the love that ' ripens the just soul ' we come very close to the doctrine that Milton professed to have learned 150 PLATO ...
... Faith and Love which parted from thee never , Had ripen'd thy just soul to dwell with God . ( 1-2 . ) And here in the love that ' ripens the just soul ' we come very close to the doctrine that Milton professed to have learned 150 PLATO ...
Contents
Milton as a Student of Plato | 3 |
Academics Old and New | 27 |
Himself a True Poem | 45 |
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