Plato and MiltonCornell University Press, 1965 - 182 pages |
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Page 86
... honor is the least perverted expression of a universal long- ing for eternal happiness , the root of every desire . Those who are dominated by love of tñ are the ambitious , the piλótipo , ranking in worth just below the best men who ...
... honor is the least perverted expression of a universal long- ing for eternal happiness , the root of every desire . Those who are dominated by love of tñ are the ambitious , the piλótipo , ranking in worth just below the best men who ...
Page 87
... honor and repute and immortal 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 ...
... honor and repute and immortal 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 ...
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... honor their own souls next to the gods , our sovereign lords , and the powers under them , the counsel I give is right . Yet not a man of us , I may say , honors his soul aright , though he dreams he does . Honor , I take it , is a ...
... honor their own souls next to the gods , our sovereign lords , and the powers under them , the counsel I give is right . Yet not a man of us , I may say , honors his soul aright , though he dreams he does . Honor , I take it , is a ...
Contents
Milton as a Student of Plato | 3 |
Academics Old and New | 27 |
Himself a True Poem | 45 |
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