Milton on Education, the Tractate Of EducationYale University Press, 1928 - 369 sider |
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Side 18
... truth is that the knowledge of external nature , and the sciences which that knowledge requires or includes , are not the great or the frequent business of the human mind . Whether we provide for action or conversation , whether we wish ...
... truth is that the knowledge of external nature , and the sciences which that knowledge requires or includes , are not the great or the frequent business of the human mind . Whether we provide for action or conversation , whether we wish ...
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... truth , and most materials for conversation ; and these purposes are best served by poets , orators , and historians.1 Dr. Johnson , we must note , objects to physical science , not be- cause it is useful , but because it is not useful ...
... truth , and most materials for conversation ; and these purposes are best served by poets , orators , and historians.1 Dr. Johnson , we must note , objects to physical science , not be- cause it is useful , but because it is not useful ...
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... truth , it ever entirely died out . The incursions of the Danes , however , probably put an end to the study of it in England , and Alfred's restoration of learning seems to have contemplated only the reading of English and Latin ...
... truth , it ever entirely died out . The incursions of the Danes , however , probably put an end to the study of it in England , and Alfred's restoration of learning seems to have contemplated only the reading of English and Latin ...
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... truth . Plato , however , would by this study gradually withdraw the soul from the dominion of the senses ; Milton , with a more hopeful view of sensory experience , would lead his pupils toward the beatific vision by the ' orderly ...
... truth . Plato , however , would by this study gradually withdraw the soul from the dominion of the senses ; Milton , with a more hopeful view of sensory experience , would lead his pupils toward the beatific vision by the ' orderly ...
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... truth . Here the cycle of earthly knowledge , so much as is necessary for the good of man , is complete . At this point are introduced as models the noblest specimens of the art of expression in language — the ' choice histories ...
... truth . Here the cycle of earthly knowledge , so much as is necessary for the good of man , is complete . At this point are introduced as models the noblest specimens of the art of expression in language — the ' choice histories ...
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Side 133 - Where throngs of knights and barons bold, In weeds of peace, high triumphs hold, With store of ladies, whose bright eyes Rain influence, and judge the prize Of wit or arms, while both contend To win her grace, whom all commend.
Side 248 - We should be wary therefore what persecution we raise against the living labours of public men, how we spill that seasoned life of man preserved and stored up in books ; since we see a kind of homicide may be thus committed, sometimes a martyrdom...
Side 134 - Pelops' line, Or the tale of Troy divine ; Or what, though rare, of later age Ennobled hath the buskin'd stage. But, O sad virgin, that thy power Might raise Musaeus from his bower ! Or bid the soul of Orpheus sing Such notes, as, warbled to the string, Drew iron tears down Pluto's cheek, And made hell grant what love did seek...
Side 134 - Or let my lamp at midnight hour Be seen in some high lonely tower...
Side 90 - I began thus far to assent both to them and divers of my friends here at home, and not less to an inward prompting, which now grew daily upon me, that by labour and intent study, (which I take to be my portion in this life,) joined with the strong propensity of nature, I might perhaps leave, something so written, to after-times, as they should not willingly let it die.
Side 87 - For we were nursed upon the self-same hill, Fed the same flock, by fountain, shade, and rill...
Side 161 - Good and evil we know in the field of this world grow up together almost inseparably ; and the knowledge of good is so involved and interwoven with the knowledge of evil...
Side 274 - I did but prompt the age to quit their clogs By the known rules of ancient liberty, When straight a barbarous noise environs me Of owls and cuckoos, asses, apes, and dogs...
Side 106 - Cyriack, this three-years' day these eyes, though clear To outward view, of blemish or of spot, Bereft of light, their seeing have forgot; Nor to their idle orbs doth sight appear Of sun, or moon, or star, throughout the year, Or man, or woman. Yet I argue not Against Heaven's hand or will, nor bate a jot Of heart or hope, but still bear up and steer Right onward.
Side 161 - He that can apprehend and consider vice with all her baits and seeming pleasures, and yet abstain, and yet distinguish, and yet prefer that which is truly better, he is the true wayfaring Christian.