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... natural . And as nature anticipates art , so the satyr has in him the makings of the courtier as Orphic shepherd . Whoever is not attracted to Nature and Proteus will approach Pan in vain . Making this point is something of a sophistry ...
... natural . And as nature anticipates art , so the satyr has in him the makings of the courtier as Orphic shepherd . Whoever is not attracted to Nature and Proteus will approach Pan in vain . Making this point is something of a sophistry ...
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... nature , as well as in art and society . The beauty which the ancients called by the name of Venere is the effi- cient cause , not the material , though this may none the less be argued.2 In the use of these terms to open and close the ...
... nature , as well as in art and society . The beauty which the ancients called by the name of Venere is the effi- cient cause , not the material , though this may none the less be argued.2 In the use of these terms to open and close the ...
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... Nature , it is said , yields nothing without ceremonies : " To know in a mythopoeic way one must engage in the gestures and ritual acts which bring . . . the desired communion . " In this case these gestures are theatrical : song ...
... Nature , it is said , yields nothing without ceremonies : " To know in a mythopoeic way one must engage in the gestures and ritual acts which bring . . . the desired communion . " In this case these gestures are theatrical : song ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION Pastoralism and Aesthetic Platonic Tradition I | 1 |
THE PASTORALISM OF TASSOS AMINTA | 21 |
The Shepherds Life | 44 |
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