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Page 103
... highest order of civilization . If Aristotle disliked Plato's ' 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 ...
... highest order of civilization . If Aristotle disliked Plato's ' 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 ...
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 ...
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... 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 ...
Contents
Pleasure Wealth Fame | 69 |
Knowledge | 101 |
The Theory of Ideas | 131 |
Copyright | |
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