A Day by the Fire: And Other Papers, Hitherto UncollectedIncludes papers on Heathen mythology, Genii of antiquity, Genii and fairies of the East, etc. |
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Page 59
... spirit of heathenism to perfection , must be- come intimate with the poetry of Milton and Spenser ; of Ovid , Homer , Theocritus , and the Greek tragedians ; with the novels of Wieland , the sculptures of Phidias and others , and the ...
... spirit of heathenism to perfection , must be- come intimate with the poetry of Milton and Spenser ; of Ovid , Homer , Theocritus , and the Greek tragedians ; with the novels of Wieland , the sculptures of Phidias and others , and the ...
Page 61
... spirit ; for it is impossible to say how much of the Jewish Cabala is not Alexandrian . On the other hand , the Platonists of that city mixed up their dogmas with the Oriental philosophy , so that the angel comes round again to the East ...
... spirit ; for it is impossible to say how much of the Jewish Cabala is not Alexandrian . On the other hand , the Platonists of that city mixed up their dogmas with the Oriental philosophy , so that the angel comes round again to the East ...
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... spirit of it , which was his own ; there is something at all times extremely elevating in his aspirations after the good and beautiful . St. Augustin complained that the reading of Plato made him.proud . We do believe that it is ...
... spirit of it , which was his own ; there is something at all times extremely elevating in his aspirations after the good and beautiful . St. Augustin complained that the reading of Plato made him.proud . We do believe that it is ...
Contents
Prefatory Note | 13 |
On Commonplace People | 42 |
On the Genii of the Greeks and Romans and | 59 |
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