Platonism in English Poetry of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries
Platonism in English Poetry of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries

Author: John Smith Harrison

Publisher: Theclassics.Us

Published: 2013-09

Total Pages: 54

ISBN-13: 9781230206769

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1908 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER II Theory Op Love I. Heavenly Love Heavenly love, as conceived in the poetry of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, refers to two distinct experiences. By this term the poets meant either the love known in the soul for the realities of the unseen world or the love which God had shown to man in his creation and preservation, and which man could experience through the indwelling of God's spirit within him. In the explanation of the nature of these two experiences the teaching of Platonism played a very important part, directing the course of that love of man for heavenly things, and accounting for the presence of love in the Godhead. To the discussion of the latter of these subjects Platonism was able to offer two conceptions, in which a rational explanation of God's love as revealed in the creation could be found; one presenting the highest reality as beauty, the other as the good. The first conception was present in its theory of love. In the "Sym-posium" Plato had taught that love was a de-sire of birth in beauty, and that the highest love was a desire of birth in beauty absolute, the ultimate principle of all beauty. (" Sym-posium," 206, 211-212.) Christianity, on the other hand, had taught that God is love. By identifying the absolute beauty of Plato with God, and by applying the Platonic conception of the birth of love to this Christian conception of God as love, God Himself was understood as enjoying his own beauty, thus begetting beings like to it in fairness. In Spenser's "Hymne of Heavenly Love," this idea forms the first divi-sion of the poem which treats of the love of God. (11. 25-122.) At first God is conceived as liv-ing in Himself in love. "Before this worlds great frame, in which al things Are now containd, ...

PLATONISM IN ENGLISH POETRY OF
PLATONISM IN ENGLISH POETRY OF

Author: John Smith 1877 Harrison

Publisher: Wentworth Press

Published: 2016-08-29

Total Pages: 250

ISBN-13: 9781373537584

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Platonism in English Poetry, of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries (Classic Reprint)
Platonism in English Poetry, of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries (Classic Reprint)

Author: John Smith Harrison

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-09-18

Total Pages: 262

ISBN-13: 9781527984851

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Excerpt from Platonism in English Poetry, of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries To Professor George Edward Woodberry I am most deeply grateful for innumerable sugges tions and invaluable advice. The work was undertaken at his suggestion, and throughout the past two years has progressed under his kindly criticism. But the help and inspiration which I have received from him antedate the inception of the essay, extending back to the earlier days of undergraduate life. The work is thus inseparably connected with the training in the study of literature which he has given, and his help in its completion is only an episode in a long series of kindnesses which he has been ever willing to show. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

From Puritanism to Platonism in Seventeenth Century England
From Puritanism to Platonism in Seventeenth Century England

Author: James Deotis Roberts

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2012-12-06

Total Pages: 312

ISBN-13: 9401191107

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The research of Professor J. D. Roberts has interested me for several years. It has interested me because he has been working in a really rich area of intellectual history. Even before Professor Whitehead taught us to speak of the seventeenth century as the "century of genius," many of us looked with wonder on the creativity of the men who produced religious and philosophical literature in that period of contro versy and of power. It was, in a most unusual way, a flowering time of the human spirit. The present volume is devoted to one fascinating chapter in the history of ideas. We know now, far better than we knew a generation ago, how incendiary Puritan ideas really were. They had tremendous consequences, many of which continue to this day, in spite of the absurd caricature of Puritanism, which is popularly accepted. The best of Milton's contemporaries were great thinkers as well as great doers.

Key Concepts in Renaissance Literature
Key Concepts in Renaissance Literature

Author: Malcolm Hebron

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2008-05-09

Total Pages: 304

ISBN-13: 1137053429

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The volume provides readers with a clear introduction to English Renaissance literary texts. Concise but detailed entries are alphabetically arranged, providing a coherent overview of central issues in the study of writings of the Renaissance era. Cross-referencing and suggestions for further reading indicate connections between topics.