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... idea of cosmic order was one of the genuine ruling ideas of the age , and perhaps the most characteristic . Such ideas , like our everyday manners , are the least disputed and the least paraded in the creative literature of the time ...
... idea of cosmic order was one of the genuine ruling ideas of the age , and perhaps the most characteristic . Such ideas , like our everyday manners , are the least disputed and the least paraded in the creative literature of the time ...
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... 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 , further , both Plato and the orthodox Christian believed that man could rise above his ...
... 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 , further , both Plato and the orthodox Christian believed that man could rise above his ...
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... idea of the chain of being , but , crassly trying to rationalise a glorious product of the imagination , ended by making it ridiculous and hence unacceptable in any form . Seeing the obvious chasm between men and even the lowest of the ...
... idea of the chain of being , but , crassly trying to rationalise a glorious product of the imagination , ended by making it ridiculous and hence unacceptable in any form . Seeing the obvious chasm between men and even the lowest of the ...
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