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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... never be forgotten in explaining his concep- tion of Platonism . For the man whose life labors made possi- ble the enjoyment of these obscure philoso- phers Emerson has the highest praise . " There are also prose poets , " he writes ...
... never be forgotten in explaining his concep- tion of Platonism . For the man whose life labors made possi- ble the enjoyment of these obscure philoso- phers Emerson has the highest praise . " There are also prose poets , " he writes ...
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... never by the senses , or the faculty of sense . ' 99 1 Owing to his acceptance of this reconcili- ation of Plato and Bacon , Emerson adopted , as a fixed idea in all philosophic inquiry , the correlation of matter and mind . In accord ...
... never by the senses , or the faculty of sense . ' 99 1 Owing to his acceptance of this reconcili- ation of Plato and Bacon , Emerson adopted , as a fixed idea in all philosophic inquiry , the correlation of matter and mind . In accord ...
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... never see a book than to be warped by its attraction clean out of my own orbit , and made a satellite instead of a sys- tem . " 1 And thus in the reading of his Pla- tonic books he attends only to those portions that appeal to him . " I ...
... never see a book than to be warped by its attraction clean out of my own orbit , and made a satellite instead of a sys- tem . " 1 And thus in the reading of his Pla- tonic books he attends only to those portions that appeal to him . " I ...
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... never mastered his sources as a professed student would have done . It was also Emerson's habit to index his books and to mark the places which held his attention . Of course these indices are not ex- haustive , for they were intended ...
... never mastered his sources as a professed student would have done . It was also Emerson's habit to index his books and to mark the places which held his attention . Of course these indices are not ex- haustive , for they were intended ...
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... never writes in ecstasy , or catches us up into poetic raptures . And yet the reading of Plato was at times a most solemn event in Emer- son's life . He told one friend that it was a great day in a man's life when he first read the ...
... never writes in ecstasy , or catches us up into poetic raptures . And yet the reading of Plato was at times a most solemn event in Emer- son's life . He told one friend that it was a great day in a man's life when he first read the ...
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according ancient appear Bacon beauty behold body Bohn translation called cause celestial love character Coleridge Coleridge's Complete conception correlation Cudworth Dæmonic dæmons divine doctrine earth Emer Emerson found Emerson's mind ence essay essence eternal evil explains eyes F. B. Sanborn fable Fate finds flux gods Hence Heraclitus highest Hindoo holds human Iamblichus Ibid idea ideal illusions imitation ineffable intel intellect intuition Kant light manner method of nature moral mystic experience Neo-Platonic Ocellus Lucanus oracle Over-Soul Parmenides passage Phædo Phædrus phantasy philosophy Platonists Plotinus Plutarch poem poet poetry principle Proclus pure Pythagorean Ralph Waldo Emerson reading reason relation Samuel Taylor Coleridge says Select soul speaks Sphinx spirit subsist symbol Synesius tains teaching Theology of Plato theory thinking Thomas Taylor thou thought Timæus of Plato tion True Intellectual System truth ture union Universal Mind vision whole writes