Plato and MiltonCornell University Press, 1947 - 182 pages |
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Page 109
... highest truth resides in any knowledge but that of good and evil , we might find them less unwilling to accept contemplation di- vorced from practice as the great source of happiness . Plato is often thought to have done this very thing ...
... highest truth resides in any knowledge but that of good and evil , we might find them less unwilling to accept contemplation di- vorced from practice as the great source of happiness . Plato is often thought to have done this very thing ...
Page 116
... highest happiness ; but they are deceived , like our original parents , by the argu- ment that good can be known only by experience of evil . Undeceived , Milton does his best to warn the reader . Nor may we accept the interpretation of ...
... highest happiness ; but they are deceived , like our original parents , by the argu- ment that good can be known only by experience of evil . Undeceived , Milton does his best to warn the reader . Nor may we accept the interpretation of ...
Page 118
... highest good , faith , is destroyed , reason cannot know , the will choose , nor appetite enjoy , in right and happy fashion . What further explanation do we need to perceive the consistency of Milton's view of knowl- edge ? Test by ...
... highest good , faith , is destroyed , reason cannot know , the will choose , nor appetite enjoy , in right and happy fashion . What further explanation do we need to perceive the consistency of Milton's view of knowl- edge ? Test by ...
Contents
MILTON AS A STUDENT OF PLATO | 3 |
ACADEMICS OLD AND NEW | 27 |
HIMSELF A TRUE POEM | 45 |
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