The Descent of Urania: Studies in Milton, 1946-1988Reflecting Milton's knowledgeability in many fields, this collection investigates a wide variety of subjects fundamental to an understanding of the seventeenth century, including the importance of the writings of Thrice-Great Hermes, the profound influence of Aristotle on Milton's conception of the power of matter, and the issue of Milton's relations with the Presbyterian church. |
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... true but begs the question . Trying to resolve the problem led to investigations of the metrical psalms , a form of poetry scorned by readers today but the beginning of understanding of an important source of Milton's prosody as well as ...
... true but begs the question . Trying to resolve the problem led to investigations of the metrical psalms , a form of poetry scorned by readers today but the beginning of understanding of an important source of Milton's prosody as well as ...
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... true interpretation of it . With no comprehension yet of evil , it is no wonder that he was baffled . Besides practicing witchcraft , Satan more subtly displays his fundamen- tal viciousness by a variety of statements whose insidious ...
... true interpretation of it . With no comprehension yet of evil , it is no wonder that he was baffled . Besides practicing witchcraft , Satan more subtly displays his fundamen- tal viciousness by a variety of statements whose insidious ...
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... true and false , to its two human protagonists . In one class we may place the dream that Eve had of eating the fruit — a dream inspired by Satan and ultimately conceived , I believe , in terms of contemporary de- mon lore . But there ...
... true and false , to its two human protagonists . In one class we may place the dream that Eve had of eating the fruit — a dream inspired by Satan and ultimately conceived , I believe , in terms of contemporary de- mon lore . But there ...
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... true . Bath Kol ( or filia vocis ) , however , represents one of the lowest recogniz- able forms of prophecy . Smith proves from Hebraic sources that the words mean nothing else but some Voice which was heard as descending from Heaven ...
... true . Bath Kol ( or filia vocis ) , however , represents one of the lowest recogniz- able forms of prophecy . Smith proves from Hebraic sources that the words mean nothing else but some Voice which was heard as descending from Heaven ...
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... true invocation , in Book VII , Milton names and reflects upon the nature and heritage of his most immediate source of poetic inspiration . The opening words expressly echo the coming of the dove at the baptism of Jesus , " and he saw ...
... true invocation , in Book VII , Milton names and reflects upon the nature and heritage of his most immediate source of poetic inspiration . The opening words expressly echo the coming of the dove at the baptism of Jesus , " and he saw ...
Contents
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The Heresies of Satan 1967 | 56 |
Paradise Lost 2708711 1967 | 63 |
Introduction to Part II | 69 |
The Theological Context of the Christian Doctrine 1976 | 73 |
Milton and the Waldensians 1971 | 169 |
The Date of Sonnet 7 1975 | 179 |
Some Speculations on the Nature of Miltons Blindness 1962 | 184 |
Introduction to Part IV | 195 |
The Sources of Miltons Prosody 1949 | 198 |
Milton Translates the Psalms 1961 | 213 |
New Evidence for Dating Samson Agonistes 1979 | 219 |
New Words in Miltons English Poems 1954 | 224 |
Milton and the Presbyterians 1988 | 91 |
Autobiographical Inferences 1974 | 100 |
The Obedience of Christ in Paradise Regained 1971 | 106 |
The Origin and Destiny of the Soul 1946 | 114 |
The Power of Matter 1952 | 137 |
The SeventeenthCentury Doctrine of Plastic Nature 1950 | 149 |
Introduction to Part III | 167 |
Belials Presence in Paradise Lost 1985 | 243 |
A Bibliographical Excursus into the Trinity Manuscript 1985 | 246 |
The Double Set of Temptations in Paradise Regained 1980 | 261 |
Works Cited | 271 |
Index | 283 |
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Page 35 - HAIL, holy Light, offspring of Heaven first-born! Or of the Eternal coeternal beam May I express thee unblamed? since God is light, And never but in unapproached light Dwelt from eternity — dwelt then in thee, Bright effluence of bright essence increate!
Page 34 - And chiefly thou, O Spirit, that dost prefer Before all temples the upright heart and pure, Instruct me, for thou know'st; thou from the first Wast present, and, with mighty wings outspread, Dove-like, sat'st brooding on the vast abyss, And mad'st it pregnant...
Page 148 - O Adam, one Almighty is, from whom All things proceed, and up to him return, If not deprav'd from good, created all Such to perfection, one first matter all, Indu'd with various forms, various degrees Of substance, and in things that live, of life...
Page 115 - Man having been created after this manner, it is said, as a consequence, that man became a living soul ? whence it may be inferred (unless we had rather take the heathen writers for our teachers respecting the nature of the soul) that man is a living being, intrinsically and properly one and individual, not compound or separable, not, according to the common opinion, made up and framed of two distinct and different natures, as of soul and body, — but that the whole man is soul, and the soul man,...
Page 32 - That shepherd who first taught the chosen seed, In the beginning how the heavens and earth Rose out of chaos...
Page 267 - To Macedon and Artaxerxes' throne: To sage philosophy next lend thine ear, From heaven descended to the...
Page 42 - Thus far extend, thus far thy bounds, This be thy just circumference, O world ! " Thus God the heaven created, thus the earth, Matter unformed and void ; darkness profound Covered the abyss ; but on the watery calm His brooding wings the Spirit of God outspread, And vital virtue infused, and vital warmth, Throughout the fluid mass...
Page 48 - Which Reason, joining or disjoining, frames All what we affirm or what deny, and call Our knowledge or opinion ; then retires Into her private cell, when Nature rests.
Page 37 - Olympian hill I soar, Above the flight of Pegasean wing. The meaning, not the name I call; for thou Nor of the Muses nine, nor on the top Of old Olympus dwell'st, but heavenly born.