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... doctrine I do not avoid illustrating from unfamiliar writers . It has been impossible always to distinguish between these two kinds of illustration ; and the reader must not be surprised if he finds a piece of Shakespeare or Milton used ...
... doctrine I do not avoid illustrating from unfamiliar writers . It has been impossible always to distinguish between these two kinds of illustration ; and the reader must not be surprised if he finds a piece of Shakespeare or Milton used ...
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... doctrine bore the same interpretation . The demiurge created the universe after the divine idea ; hence the universe was good : but , as it was but a copy , it was removed from the idea and was thereby corrupted from perfection . As ...
... doctrine bore the same interpretation . The demiurge created the universe after the divine idea ; hence the universe was good : but , as it was but a copy , it was removed from the idea and was thereby corrupted from perfection . As ...
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... doctrine that our wills are our own and that the stars ' influence can be resisted may not be sufficiently recognised , the typical Eliza- bethan habit of mind being too often taken to be one of desperate recognition of an ineluctable ...
... doctrine that our wills are our own and that the stars ' influence can be resisted may not be sufficiently recognised , the typical Eliza- bethan habit of mind being too often taken to be one of desperate recognition of an ineluctable ...
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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