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... medieval habit of life mathe- matical or to compare it with a gigantic game where every- thing is included and every act is conducted under the most complicated system of rules . Ultimately the game grew over - complicated and was too ...
... medieval habit of life mathe- matical or to compare it with a gigantic game where every- thing is included and every act is conducted under the most complicated system of rules . Ultimately the game grew over - complicated and was too ...
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... medieval view had been given a mathematical neatness . Caxton's encyclopaedist is perfectly clear and neat in the following passage : God formed the world all round like as is a pellet the which is all round ; and he made the heaven all ...
... medieval view had been given a mathematical neatness . Caxton's encyclopaedist is perfectly clear and neat in the following passage : God formed the world all round like as is a pellet the which is all round ; and he made the heaven all ...
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... medieval and Elizabethan notions of the elements the writings of Robert Steele are valuable . See Shakespeare's England , I , 462 ff . , article on alchemy , and Medieval Lore , London , 1907 , which consists of extracts from ...
... medieval and Elizabethan notions of the elements the writings of Robert Steele are valuable . See Shakespeare's England , I , 462 ff . , article on alchemy , and Medieval Lore , London , 1907 , which consists of extracts from ...
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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