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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... 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.
... 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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John Smith Harrison. sented as fabricating the world after an eternal , intelligible pattern of which this world becomes an image . " To discover , then , the Creator and Father of this universe , " says the Timæus , " as well as his ...
John Smith Harrison. sented as fabricating the world after an eternal , intelligible pattern of which this world becomes an image . " To discover , then , the Creator and Father of this universe , " says the Timæus , " as well as his ...
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... intelligible universe was an 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 ...
... intelligible universe was an 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 ...
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... intelligible world and , though they seem independent , there is one idea supreme among them . This is the idea of the Good . It is the chief end of all man's endeavors ; the final satisfaction for which he strives . It is also the ...
... intelligible world and , though they seem independent , there is one idea supreme among them . This is the idea of the Good . It is the chief end of all man's endeavors ; the final satisfaction for which he strives . It is also the ...
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... intelligible world , but it is a world of laws . And just as Plato had found the idea of the good giving unity to the ideas in the intelligible world , so Emerson finds uni- versal good saturating all the laws of the universe and ...
... intelligible world , but it is a world of laws . And just as Plato had found the idea of the good giving unity to the ideas in the intelligible world , so Emerson finds uni- versal good saturating all the laws of the universe and ...
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