Nature and the Cosmos: Essays in the History of IdeasDabor Science Publications, 1977 - 108 Seiten |
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... Original and Progress of Satire ( 1693 ) . ... we cannot read a verse of Cleveland's without making a face at it , as if every word were a pill to swallow ; he gives us many times a hard nut to break our teeth , without a kernel for our ...
... Original and Progress of Satire ( 1693 ) . ... we cannot read a verse of Cleveland's without making a face at it , as if every word were a pill to swallow ; he gives us many times a hard nut to break our teeth , without a kernel for our ...
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... original , " or " unnatural " metaphors by all , whatever their views of the metaphysical style , who agree with Johnson that Donne deliberately went out of his way to " invent " ( the word is Johnson's ) unusual " conceits . " There is ...
... original , " or " unnatural " metaphors by all , whatever their views of the metaphysical style , who agree with Johnson that Donne deliberately went out of his way to " invent " ( the word is Johnson's ) unusual " conceits . " There is ...
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... original import means exility of particles , is taken in its metaphorical meaning for nicety of distinction . Those writers who lay on the watch for novelty could have little hope of greatness ; for great things cannot have escaped ...
... original import means exility of particles , is taken in its metaphorical meaning for nicety of distinction . Those writers who lay on the watch for novelty could have little hope of greatness ; for great things cannot have escaped ...
Inhalt
The History of Ideas and the Study of Literature | 1 |
The Unnaturalness of Metaphysical Poetry | 18 |
The Theme of Cosmic Order | 59 |
Urheberrecht | |
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
achievement acosmic ancient Anniversary Aristotle Burckhardt classical complex conception contemporary conventions cosmic order cosmic piety cosmological cosmos creation cultural death decay defined disorder divine Donne's Dryden E. R. Dodds earth English erudition Essay existence experience expression faith Gorgias Greek Greek astronomy Hans Jonas heavens Hegel historians history of ideas human images of order imagination important intellectual John Donne Johnson kind knowledge language learning literary literature love poems Lovejoy man's mankind mathematical meaning mechanical philosophy metaphor metaphysical poets mind modern moral motion natural theology nature neoclassical Newton passion philosophical Plato poetic poetry poets of wit Pope Pope's precisely principle reader reality realm relation religious rhetoric scientific sense sensibility seventeenth century similitude simply soul sphere Spitzer Stoics T. S. Eliot teleology Tesauro theology things thinkers thou thought tion tradition transcendent true truth understanding verse vision words writing