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... chain let down by Zeus from heaven in Homer as this chain of being . The eighteenth century inherited the idea of the chain of being , but , crassly trying to rationalise a glorious product of the imagination , ended by making it ...
... chain let down by Zeus from heaven in Homer as this chain of being . The eighteenth century inherited the idea of the chain of being , but , crassly trying to rationalise a glorious product of the imagination , ended by making it ...
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... chain of being found here must have been the common property of western Europe in the sixteenth century . First there is mere existence , the inanimate class : the ele ... CHAIN OF BEING 25 THE CHAIN OF BEING 25 THE LINKS IN THE CHAIN:
... chain of being found here must have been the common property of western Europe in the sixteenth century . First there is mere existence , the inanimate class : the ele ... CHAIN OF BEING 25 THE CHAIN OF BEING 25 THE LINKS IN THE CHAIN:
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... chain or ladder of creation was single and consistent . Some portions of it plainly could not be fitted into a ... chain : they had to be a supple- mentary chain multifariously connected with the main one . Now just as the elements ...
... chain or ladder of creation was single and consistent . Some portions of it plainly could not be fitted into a ... chain : they had to be a supple- mentary chain multifariously connected with the main one . Now just as the elements ...
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according allowed angels animals beasts beauty beginning belief body called celestial common commonplace contained correspondence cosmic created creation creatures dance describing divine doctrine doth earth educated elements Elizabeth Elizabethan eternal excellent faculties fall fire follows fortune four function gives God's harmony hath head heart heaven heavenly highest Hooker human humours idea instance kind king knowledge known less light living macrocosm man's matter means medieval Middle Ages Milton mind moon nature notion passage passion perfect physical picture piece planets Platonic poem politic possible present prince pure qualities reason references rest says scheme sense serve Shakespeare shows soul speak spheres spirits stand stars things thought tion translated understanding universe unto virtue whole