Plato and MiltonCornell University Press, 1965 - 182 pages |
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Page 87
... universal longing for good repute the autobio- graphical portions of his verse and prose amply reveal . Commentators have exaggerated his desire as idiosyncratic ; Milton recognized it as human , in himself because in all mankind . As ...
... universal longing for good repute the autobio- graphical portions of his verse and prose amply reveal . Commentators have exaggerated his desire as idiosyncratic ; Milton recognized it as human , in himself because in all mankind . As ...
Page 103
... Universal Good ' because it could mean many things , Plato apparently liked it for that very reason : the Idea of the Good can unite in symbol all the varied aspects of the happiness which man attains through knowl- edge . With Milton ...
... Universal Good ' because it could mean many things , Plato apparently liked it for that very reason : the Idea of the Good can unite in symbol all the varied aspects of the happiness which man attains through knowl- edge . With Milton ...
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... universal reality of ethical con- cepts . On this point Agar writes : Ethical philosophers , such as Plato and Milton , must by nature look upon the moral world either as a realm of permanent truths which are unaffected by the accidents ...
... universal reality of ethical con- cepts . On this point Agar writes : Ethical philosophers , such as Plato and Milton , must by nature look upon the moral world either as a realm of permanent truths which are unaffected by the accidents ...
Contents
Milton as a Student of Plato | 3 |
Academics Old and New | 27 |
Himself a True Poem | 45 |
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