Nature and the Cosmos: Essays in the History of IdeasDabor Science Publications, 1977 - 108 Seiten |
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... vision of death and decay , bidding us to transform that terrible vision by viewing it with the eyes of faith . To those immaterial eyes , death loses its pain and terror and is transformed into the most welcome of transitions , one ...
... vision of death and decay , bidding us to transform that terrible vision by viewing it with the eyes of faith . To those immaterial eyes , death loses its pain and terror and is transformed into the most welcome of transitions , one ...
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... vision he there enjoys contrasted with our present existence . First , Donne treats " Of our company in this life and in the next , " then , " Of essential joy in this life and the next " and last , " Of accidental joys in both places ...
... vision he there enjoys contrasted with our present existence . First , Donne treats " Of our company in this life and in the next , " then , " Of essential joy in this life and the next " and last , " Of accidental joys in both places ...
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... vision will have knowledge , but it will be knowledge of what is truly important as distinct from all the unimportant knowledge of nature or of history . The beatific vision will , of course , complete our will to know , but it will ...
... vision will have knowledge , but it will be knowledge of what is truly important as distinct from all the unimportant knowledge of nature or of history . The beatific vision will , of course , complete our will to know , but it will ...
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