Plato and MiltonCornell University Press, 1965 - 182 pages |
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Page 73
... rule of reason , the vice of Comus is ' luxury ' or the rule of pleasure . The image of men turned into beasts comes from Homer and Spenser , but Milton is Platonic in linking the transformation with sen- sual enjoyments . The court of ...
... rule of reason , the vice of Comus is ' luxury ' or the rule of pleasure . The image of men turned into beasts comes from Homer and Spenser , but Milton is Platonic in linking the transformation with sen- sual enjoyments . The court of ...
Page 82
... rule , and not for salary , is the assertion to Parliament : Till which grievances be removed , and religion set free from the monopoly of hirelings , I dare affirm that no model whatso- ever of a commonwealth will prove successful or ...
... rule , and not for salary , is the assertion to Parliament : Till which grievances be removed , and religion set free from the monopoly of hirelings , I dare affirm that no model whatso- ever of a commonwealth will prove successful or ...
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... rule ; the will , as the instrument of action , should carry out the deci- sions of reason ; the appetites , as the lowest part of the soul and most closely bound to the body , should willingly obey the commands of the better part . And ...
... rule ; the will , as the instrument of action , should carry out the deci- sions of reason ; the appetites , as the lowest part of the soul and most closely bound to the body , should willingly obey the commands of the better part . And ...
Contents
Milton as a Student of Plato | 3 |
Academics Old and New | 27 |
Himself a True Poem | 45 |
Copyright | |
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