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Thus on one occasion he revived the Chain of Being to support his view that the whole universe was linked in a single rational pattern : ' This view of things presents us with an idea of the universe as of a body of events in ...
Thus on one occasion he revived the Chain of Being to support his view that the whole universe was linked in a single rational pattern : ' This view of things presents us with an idea of the universe as of a body of events in ...
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myself , and as such a being I dare look forward to permanence ... for I am capable of the highest distinction , that of being the object of the approbation of the God of the Universe , which no mechanism can be .
myself , and as such a being I dare look forward to permanence ... for I am capable of the highest distinction , that of being the object of the approbation of the God of the Universe , which no mechanism can be .
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From the NeoPlatonic tradition he borrowed the idea of nature , and the Chain of Being which linked man with the spiritual unity of the universe , and this idea was reinforced by his intense interest in science , which led him to study ...
From the NeoPlatonic tradition he borrowed the idea of nature , and the Chain of Being which linked man with the spiritual unity of the universe , and this idea was reinforced by his intense interest in science , which led him to study ...
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Contents
Acknowledgements | 6 |
List of Illustrations | 7 |
The Age of Romanticism | 9 |
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