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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... theory that number is the principle of things . A trace of this way of looking at the consti- tution of the universe is found in Emerson's exposition of Plato's teaching . Plato's rec- ognition of the ineffable unity of things , sq ...
... theory that number is the principle of things . A trace of this way of looking at the consti- tution of the universe is found in Emerson's exposition of Plato's teaching . Plato's rec- ognition of the ineffable unity of things , sq ...
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... theory of ideas - these are the three media through which the teachings of Plato were studied by Emerson and it should not appear strange if in him the light from Plato is somewhat refracted . Only by rec- ognizing the character of the ...
... theory of ideas - these are the three media through which the teachings of Plato were studied by Emerson and it should not appear strange if in him the light from Plato is somewhat refracted . Only by rec- ognizing the character of the ...
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... theory of symbolism . Briefly put , the theory can be stated in three proposi- tions : ( 1 ) " Words are signs of natural facts . " ( 2 ) " Particular natural facts are symbols of particular spiritual facts . " ( 3 ) " Nature is the ...
... theory of symbolism . Briefly put , the theory can be stated in three proposi- tions : ( 1 ) " Words are signs of natural facts . " ( 2 ) " Particular natural facts are symbols of particular spiritual facts . " ( 3 ) " Nature is the ...
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... reality . It is a theory that appeals to the feeling for art , since the 1 The Timaus , Bohn translation , II . , 340–341 . 2 Complete Works , I. , 259 . world of things according to its teaching be- comes an NATURE 39.
... reality . It is a theory that appeals to the feeling for art , since the 1 The Timaus , Bohn translation , II . , 340–341 . 2 Complete Works , I. , 259 . world of things according to its teaching be- comes an NATURE 39.
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... theory assumes a literary value ; and thus the end which nature serves when viewed sym- bolically is called by him language . The final use which he makes of the theory does not appear in his Nature ; there the theory is merely a stage ...
... theory assumes a literary value ; and thus the end which nature serves when viewed sym- bolically is called by him language . The final use which he makes of the theory does not appear in his Nature ; there the theory is merely a stage ...
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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