Plato and MiltonCornell University Press, 1965 - 182 pages |
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Page 50
... human life , he could have ignored the troubles of politics for the nobler calling . But Milton thought neither the true role of poetry . Yet poetry could hardly be an occupation for men living in a settled and perfected state of ...
... human life , he could have ignored the troubles of politics for the nobler calling . But Milton thought neither the true role of poetry . Yet poetry could hardly be an occupation for men living in a settled and perfected state of ...
Page 71
... human aims , reject with explanation all but one , and give us the principles by which the one exception is made the essential basis of human well - being . Throughout the writings of both , these goods are often dealt with and ...
... human aims , reject with explanation all but one , and give us the principles by which the one exception is made the essential basis of human well - being . Throughout the writings of both , these goods are often dealt with and ...
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... human life . Human love arises , and here Milton cites Plato as an authority , from human need : All ingenuous men will see that the dignity and blessing of marriage is placed rather in the mutual enjoyment of that which the wanting ...
... human life . Human love arises , and here Milton cites Plato as an authority , from human need : All ingenuous men will see that the dignity and blessing of marriage is placed rather in the mutual enjoyment of that which the wanting ...
Contents
Milton as a Student of Plato | 3 |
Academics Old and New | 27 |
Himself a True Poem | 45 |
Copyright | |
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