Plato and MiltonCornell University Press, 1965 - 182 pages |
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Page 101
... happiness , and knowledge the summum bonum . Not every kind of knowledge , however . According to Charmides 174 , ' the crown of happiness ' is bestowed by the ' science of good and evil . ' The Idea of the Good , mystically presented ...
... happiness , and knowledge the summum bonum . Not every kind of knowledge , however . According to Charmides 174 , ' the crown of happiness ' is bestowed by the ' science of good and evil . ' The Idea of the Good , mystically presented ...
Page 152
... happiness . Mythically born of Plenty and Poverty at the feast of Aphrodite , Love seeks the beauty which is good in order to beget the lover's likeness and thereby perpetuate him . In the realm of the common or earthly Aphrodite , this ...
... happiness . Mythically born of Plenty and Poverty at the feast of Aphrodite , Love seeks the beauty which is good in order to beget the lover's likeness and thereby perpetuate him . In the realm of the common or earthly Aphrodite , this ...
Page 167
... Happiness has been completely lost . It remains for Adam to learn from a second angelic teacher how he may regain a measure of happiness by re- storing his sense of values . The most important part of the lesson Adam makes clear ...
... Happiness has been completely lost . It remains for Adam to learn from a second angelic teacher how he may regain a measure of happiness by re- storing his sense of values . The most important part of the lesson Adam makes clear ...
Contents
Milton as a Student of Plato | 3 |
Academics Old and New | 27 |
Himself a True Poem | 45 |
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