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... Raphael gives to Adam on the quest for knowledge : Be lowly wise : Think only what concerns thee and thy being . ( 8. 173-4 . ) But this again is a corollary to the Platonic principle of Mil- ton's ethics : the secondary is always ...
... Raphael gives to Adam on the quest for knowledge : Be lowly wise : Think only what concerns thee and thy being . ( 8. 173-4 . ) But this again is a corollary to the Platonic principle of Mil- ton's ethics : the secondary is always ...
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... Raphael disparages : God to remove his ways from human sense , Plac'd Heav'n from Earth so far , that earthly sight ... Raphael that Adam can do better at this stage than become a learned astronomer . Moreover , this speech of ...
... Raphael disparages : God to remove his ways from human sense , Plac'd Heav'n from Earth so far , that earthly sight ... Raphael that Adam can do better at this stage than become a learned astronomer . Moreover , this speech of ...
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... Raphael uses is Plato's : the beauty of Eve being external , is a thing inferior to the inner beauty of Adam's wisdom ; for Adam has admitted that All higher knowledge in her presence falls Degraded , Wisdom in discourse with her Loses ...
... Raphael uses is Plato's : the beauty of Eve being external , is a thing inferior to the inner beauty of Adam's wisdom ; for Adam has admitted that All higher knowledge in her presence falls Degraded , Wisdom in discourse with her Loses ...
Contents
Pleasure Wealth Fame | 69 |
Knowledge | 101 |
The Theory of Ideas | 131 |
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