The Rise of Modern Prose StyleM.I.T. Press, 1968 - 372 pagina's |
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Pagina 64
... Seneca's Lucilius or Montaigne's la Boétie . But we are never really aware of him , any more than we are of Machiavelli's Prince Lorenzo . Unlike Montaigne , Bacon rejected Seneca's intimacy . Bacon did retain something of Seneca's ...
... Seneca's Lucilius or Montaigne's la Boétie . But we are never really aware of him , any more than we are of Machiavelli's Prince Lorenzo . Unlike Montaigne , Bacon rejected Seneca's intimacy . Bacon did retain something of Seneca's ...
Pagina 66
... Seneca . Bacon did owe something to Seneca for the general idea of the Essay , and for his theory of style . But Bacon's prose itself is not Senecan . Croll main- tains that Seneca was inadequate as a model for Bacon be- cause he was ...
... Seneca . Bacon did owe something to Seneca for the general idea of the Essay , and for his theory of style . But Bacon's prose itself is not Senecan . Croll main- tains that Seneca was inadequate as a model for Bacon be- cause he was ...
Pagina 67
... Seneca , and Plutarch of Charonaea.50 Since the context of this attack is a survey of natural sci- ence ( the " thou " ) and since Bacon generally quotes Seneca's moral writings with approval , the object of scorn here must be the ...
... Seneca , and Plutarch of Charonaea.50 Since the context of this attack is a survey of natural sci- ence ( the " thou " ) and since Bacon generally quotes Seneca's moral writings with approval , the object of scorn here must be the ...
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