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... picture which the Middle Ages inherited was that of an ordered universe arranged in a fixed system of hier- archies but modified by man's sin and the hope of his redemp- tion . The same energy that carried through their feats of ...
... picture which the Middle Ages inherited was that of an ordered universe arranged in a fixed system of hier- archies but modified by man's sin and the hope of his redemp- tion . The same energy that carried through their feats of ...
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... picture of immense and varied activity , constantly threatened with dissolution , and yet pre- served from it by a superior unifying power . The picture , however , though so rich , is not complete . There is nothing about God and the ...
... picture of immense and varied activity , constantly threatened with dissolution , and yet pre- served from it by a superior unifying power . The picture , however , though so rich , is not complete . There is nothing about God and the ...
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... picture ; and at times it is presented with such concrete circumstance as both to risk absurdity and to turn the spectator's or the reader's thoughts far from the stars with their subtly penetrating influences . There are those grossly ...
... picture ; and at times it is presented with such concrete circumstance as both to risk absurdity and to turn the spectator's or the reader's thoughts far from the stars with their subtly penetrating influences . There are those grossly ...
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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