Plato and MiltonCornell University Press, 1965 - 182 pages |
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Page 71
... fame and the democratic pursuit of wealth and then pleasure , to the final abyss of tyrannical hedonism , so Jesus conquers by renouncing pleasure , wealth , and power with its attendant fame , until at last he confronts the temptation ...
... fame and the democratic pursuit of wealth and then pleasure , to the final abyss of tyrannical hedonism , so Jesus conquers by renouncing pleasure , wealth , and power with its attendant fame , until at last he confronts the temptation ...
Page 86
... FAME Milton gives to ' fame ' much the same meaning and value as Plato gives to tun ; both occasionally use other words for the concept . By derivation , ' fame ' simply means re- port , and tun worth ; ordinarily , however , both words ...
... FAME Milton gives to ' fame ' much the same meaning and value as Plato gives to tun ; both occasionally use other words for the concept . By derivation , ' fame ' simply means re- port , and tun worth ; ordinarily , however , both words ...
Page 87
... fame seated in the breast of every true scholar . ( 12. 324. ) The fame desired is immortal , as Plato held , and the men to whom the desire is imputed are a class better than most . But while still an undergraduate at Christ's College ...
... fame seated in the breast of every true scholar . ( 12. 324. ) The fame desired is immortal , as Plato held , and the men to whom the desire is imputed are a class better than most . But while still an undergraduate at Christ's College ...
Contents
Milton as a Student of Plato | 3 |
Academics Old and New | 27 |
Himself a True Poem | 45 |
Copyright | |
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