Plato and MiltonCornell University Press, 1965 - 182 pages |
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... sure , this passage in the Apology for Smectymnuus looks backward , and is concerned with a doctrine of love . How much more of its author does it reveal , and for how long a period ? How much of the thought of Plato , more- over , do ...
... sure , this passage in the Apology for Smectymnuus looks backward , and is concerned with a doctrine of love . How much more of its author does it reveal , and for how long a period ? How much of the thought of Plato , more- over , do ...
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... sure , that he has imbued me especially with a mighty passion for Beauty . Ceres never sought her daughter Proserpine ( as the legend tells ) with greater ardor than I do this Idea of Beauty , like some image of loveliness ; ever ...
... sure , that he has imbued me especially with a mighty passion for Beauty . Ceres never sought her daughter Proserpine ( as the legend tells ) with greater ardor than I do this Idea of Beauty , like some image of loveliness ; ever ...
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... sure , the limits were flexible . With Christian thought Platonized at least since Augustine , the dividing line is hard to fix even in theology . In ethics it becomes imperceptible . And it was in ethics especially that Milton followed ...
... sure , the limits were flexible . With Christian thought Platonized at least since Augustine , the dividing line is hard to fix even in theology . In ethics it becomes imperceptible . And it was in ethics especially that Milton followed ...
Contents
Milton as a Student of Plato | 3 |
Academics Old and New | 27 |
Himself a True Poem | 45 |
Copyright | |
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