Plato and MiltonCornell University Press, 1947 - 182 pages |
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Page 28
... knowl- edge to love Him , to imitate Him , to be like Him , as we may the nearest by possessing our souls of true virtue , which , being united to the heavenly grace of faith , makes up the highest per- fection . ( Ainsworth , p . 52 ...
... knowl- edge to love Him , to imitate Him , to be like Him , as we may the nearest by possessing our souls of true virtue , which , being united to the heavenly grace of faith , makes up the highest per- fection . ( Ainsworth , p . 52 ...
Page 108
... Knowl- edge of ' natural causes and dimensions ' is , as Plato thought it , a ' lower wisdom . ' The higher is not easy to win , and when won , becomes a responsibility to its possessor . Like Plato , Milton is fully aware of the debt ...
... Knowl- edge of ' natural causes and dimensions ' is , as Plato thought it , a ' lower wisdom . ' The higher is not easy to win , and when won , becomes a responsibility to its possessor . Like Plato , Milton is fully aware of the debt ...
Page 168
... knowl- edge cannot be the highest aim of humanity , and this for the good reason that God is unknowable . Milton had declared in De Doctrina Christiana ( 14. 61 ) : ' It follows , finally , that God must be styled by us wonderful and ...
... knowl- edge cannot be the highest aim of humanity , and this for the good reason that God is unknowable . Milton had declared in De Doctrina Christiana ( 14. 61 ) : ' It follows , finally , that God must be styled by us wonderful and ...
Contents
MILTON AS A STUDENT OF PLATO | 3 |
ACADEMICS OLD AND NEW | 27 |
HIMSELF A TRUE POEM | 45 |
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