Plato and MiltonCornell University Press, 1965 - 182 pages |
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Page 103
... highest order of civilization . If Aristotle disliked Plato's ' Universal Good ' because it could mean many things , Plato apparently liked it for that very reason : the Idea of the Good can unite in symbol all the varied aspects of the ...
... highest order of civilization . If Aristotle disliked Plato's ' Universal Good ' because it could mean many things , Plato apparently liked it for that very reason : the Idea of the Good can unite in symbol all the varied aspects of the ...
Page 116
... highest happiness ; but ✓ they are deceived , like our original parents , by the argu- ment that good can be known only by experience of evil . Undeceived , Milton does his best to warn the reader . Nor may we accept the interpretation ...
... highest happiness ; but ✓ they are deceived , like our original parents , by the argu- ment that good can be known only by experience of evil . Undeceived , Milton does his best to warn the reader . Nor may we accept the interpretation ...
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... highest good , faith , is destroyed , reason cannot know , the will choose , nor appetite enjoy , right and happy fashion . What further explanation do we need to perceive the consistency of Milton's view of knowl- edge ? Test by this ...
... highest good , faith , is destroyed , reason cannot know , the will choose , nor appetite enjoy , right and happy fashion . What further explanation do we need to perceive the consistency of Milton's view of knowl- edge ? Test by this ...
Contents
Milton as a Student of Plato | 3 |
Academics Old and New | 27 |
Himself a True Poem | 45 |
Copyright | |
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