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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... unity of things Emerson places the conception of a dialectic , the aim of which is to give scien- tific knowledge ; and this dialectic he main- tains Plato elaborated . Thus his exposition goes on to say : " Having paid his homage , as ...
... unity of things Emerson places the conception of a dialectic , the aim of which is to give scien- tific knowledge ; and this dialectic he main- tains Plato elaborated . Thus his exposition goes on to say : " Having paid his homage , as ...
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... unity of things above all knowledge necessitated a mysticism ; and this they professed to find in Plato . Such criticism Emerson accepted and hence the strong Neo - Platonic strain in his ap- preciation of Platonism . Emerson's ...
... unity of things above all knowledge necessitated a mysticism ; and this they professed to find in Plato . Such criticism Emerson accepted and hence the strong Neo - Platonic strain in his ap- preciation of Platonism . Emerson's ...
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... unity of things , sq Emerson holds , is grounded on the cardinal fact that unity , or identity , lies forever at the base of things . Along with it is the second fundamental conception , variety . " If specu- lation , " he says ...
... unity of things , sq Emerson holds , is grounded on the cardinal fact that unity , or identity , lies forever at the base of things . Along with it is the second fundamental conception , variety . " If specu- lation , " he says ...
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... unity absorbs , and melts or re- duces . Nature opens and creates . These two principles reappear and interpenetrate all things , all thought ; the one , the many . One is being ; the other , intellect : one is neces- sity ; the other ...
... unity absorbs , and melts or re- duces . Nature opens and creates . These two principles reappear and interpenetrate all things , all thought ; the one , the many . One is being ; the other , intellect : one is neces- sity ; the other ...
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... unity and multitude , bound and infinity , sameness and difference , motion and permanency , from 1 The Works of Plato , translated by Thomas Taylor , I. , General Introduction , p . 37. . 2 Ibid . which all things , the first cause ...
... unity and multitude , bound and infinity , sameness and difference , motion and permanency , from 1 The Works of Plato , translated by Thomas Taylor , I. , General Introduction , p . 37. . 2 Ibid . which all things , the first cause ...
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