Plato and MiltonCornell University Press, 1965 - 182 pages |
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Page viii
... less osten- sibly since it is a less discursive poem , Samson Agonistes . I have followed the argument where it led , and , I trust , duly acknowledged the fact when it led beyond Plato . Although no appraisal of Milton's Christian ...
... less osten- sibly since it is a less discursive poem , Samson Agonistes . I have followed the argument where it led , and , I trust , duly acknowledged the fact when it led beyond Plato . Although no appraisal of Milton's Christian ...
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... less rejected the Aristotelian way of thought . Why , we learn from a passage in the Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce . Here Milton deals with an apparent disagreement between Plato and Aristotle , not jestingly as in the Second ...
... less rejected the Aristotelian way of thought . Why , we learn from a passage in the Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce . Here Milton deals with an apparent disagreement between Plato and Aristotle , not jestingly as in the Second ...
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... less gifted . The emphasis in Milton's use of Plato is certainly more on what is reasoned and analytic , less on the mythical and exuberant , than in other Platonists of the Renaissance ; but they all use both aspects of the Dialogues ...
... less gifted . The emphasis in Milton's use of Plato is certainly more on what is reasoned and analytic , less on the mythical and exuberant , than in other Platonists of the Renaissance ; but they all use both aspects of the Dialogues ...
Contents
Milton as a Student of Plato | 3 |
Academics Old and New | 27 |
Himself a True Poem | 45 |
Copyright | |
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