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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... spirit of philosophic inquiry which was fed by re- peated readings in the old philosophers of Greece . From these sons of light he drank in large draughts of intellectual day . The author has attempted to show this by a com- parative ...
... spirit of philosophic inquiry which was fed by re- peated readings in the old philosophers of Greece . From these sons of light he drank in large draughts of intellectual day . The author has attempted to show this by a com- parative ...
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... spirit , too , forbade such a proceeding . He used his books for their service to his own spiritual needs . " Books are the best of things , well used ; abused , among the worst . What is the right use ? What is the one end which all ...
... spirit , too , forbade such a proceeding . He used his books for their service to his own spiritual needs . " Books are the best of things , well used ; abused , among the worst . What is the right use ? What is the one end which all ...
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... spirit of Platonism , even though he 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 ...
... spirit of Platonism , even though he 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 ...
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... spirit in which he himself came to the task one is able to come to a fair notion 1 Ibid . , VII . , 169–170 . 2 The Correspondence of Thomas Carlyle and Ralph Waldo Emerson , II . , 2 . of his indebtedness to Plato and his school . And ...
... spirit in which he himself came to the task one is able to come to a fair notion 1 Ibid . , VII . , 169–170 . 2 The Correspondence of Thomas Carlyle and Ralph Waldo Emerson , II . , 2 . of his indebtedness to Plato and his school . And ...
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... Spirit . " 1 Each of these statements summarizes a teaching of Platonism with which Emerson's reading had made him familiar . In his Cratylus Plato sets forth the notion of the philosophical import of words to the effect that they are ...
... Spirit . " 1 Each of these statements summarizes a teaching of Platonism with which Emerson's reading had made him familiar . In his Cratylus Plato sets forth the notion of the philosophical import of words to the effect that they are ...
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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