The Teachers of EmersonSturgis & Walton, 1910 - 325 páginas This book is about the influence of Greek philosophy on Ralph Waldo Emerson's writings. John S. Harrison argues that Emerson primarily drew his inspiration from Greek thought and not German/Eastern teachings. |
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... form of statement —namely , that nature is the symbol of spirit . In the Timæus of Plato the Creator is repre- 1 Morals , IV . , 134 . sented as fabricating the world after an eternal , intelligible 36 THE TEACHERS OF EMERSON.
... form of statement —namely , that nature is the symbol of spirit . In the Timæus of Plato the Creator is repre- 1 Morals , IV . , 134 . sented as fabricating the world after an eternal , intelligible 36 THE TEACHERS OF EMERSON.
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... eternal pattern , but if it be with- out beauty , and what it is not lawful to men- tion , he must have looked to one that is generated . It is evident , however , to every- one that he looked to one that was eternal ; for the universe ...
... eternal pattern , but if it be with- out beauty , and what it is not lawful to men- tion , he must have looked to one that is generated . It is evident , however , to every- one that he looked to one that was eternal ; for the universe ...
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... eternal animal , he tried to make this [ the sensible universe ] , as far as he could , similarly perfect . The nature indeed of the animal itself was eternal , and this nature could not be entirely adopted into anything subject to ...
... eternal animal , he tried to make this [ the sensible universe ] , as far as he could , similarly perfect . The nature indeed of the animal itself was eternal , and this nature could not be entirely adopted into anything subject to ...
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... eternal ? in natural theology thus , that it requireth the same omnipotence to make somewhat nothing , which at the first made nothing somewhat ? according to the Scripture , ' Didici quod omnia opera , quæ fecit Deus , perseverunt in ...
... eternal ? in natural theology thus , that it requireth the same omnipotence to make somewhat nothing , which at the first made nothing somewhat ? according to the Scripture , ' Didici quod omnia opera , quæ fecit Deus , perseverunt in ...
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... eternal cycle of change manifested in the universe . " All things are flowing , " he writes , " even those that seem immovable . The adamant is al- ways passing into smoke . The plants imbibe the materials which they want from the air ...
... eternal cycle of change manifested in the universe . " All things are flowing , " he writes , " even those that seem immovable . The adamant is al- ways passing into smoke . The plants imbibe the materials which they want from the air ...
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