 Plato exhibits the rare union of close and subtle logic with the Pythian enthusiasm of poetry, melted by the splendour and harmony of his periods into one irresistible stream of musical impressions, which hurry the persuasions onward, as in a breathless...  The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal - Pagina 3061871Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | 1905 - 858 pagina’s
...rare union of close and subtle logic with the Pythian enthusiasm of poetry, melted by the splendor and harmony of his periods, Into one Irresistible...language is that of an Immortal spirit rather than a man. Bacon is, perhaps, the only writer who, in these particulars, can be compared with him." This eulogy... | |
 | Harold Bayley - 1906 - 418 pagina’s
...perpetual sympathy... Plato exhibits the rare union of close and subtle logic with the Pythian enthusiasm of poetry, melted by the splendour and harmony of...language is that of an immortal spirit rather than of a man. Bacon is, perhaps, the only writer who, in these particulars, can be compared with him. "... | |
 | Charlotte Reeve Conover - 1907 - 278 pagina’s
...whom in many respects Emerson resembles, is quite as extravagant in his praise of Plato, and says, "His language is that of an immortal spirit, rather than a man." But in spite of the praise of two such eminent authorities, I think Plato is over-estimated by them.... | |
 | Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1909 - 304 pagina’s
...contempt of mankind. Plato exhibits the rare union of close and subtle logic with the Pythian enthusiasm of poetry, melted by the splendour and harmony of...the only writer, who, in these particulars, can be compared with him : his imitator, Cicero, sinks in the comparison into an ape mocking 1 The Republic,... | |
 | Thomas Love Peacock - 1921 - 154 pagina’s
...Symposium, • ' Plato exhibits the rare union of close and subtle logic, with the Pythian enthusiasm of poetry, melted by the splendour and harmony of...the only writer who, in these particulars, can be compared with him : his imitator, Cicero, sinks in the comparison into an ape mocking the gestures... | |
 | Melvin Theodor Solve - 1927 - 232 pagina’s
...master of a rare and subtle logic, it is the "Pythian enthusiasm of poetry, melted by the splendor and harmony of his periods into one irresistible stream of musical impressions," which makes him a poet; his intuitions into all that can be the subject of human mind, rather than his feason.... | |
 | Will Durant - 1961 - 432 pagina’s
...rare union of clobc and subtle logic with the Pythian enthusiasm of poetry, melted by the splendor and harmony of his periods into one irresistible stream...which hurry the persuasions onward as in a breathless career."6 It was not for nothing that the young philosopher had begun as a dramatist. The difficulty... | |
 | Will Durant - 1965 - 736 pagina’s
...rare union of close and subtle logic with the Pythian enthusiasm of poetry, melted by the splendor and harmony of his periods into one irresistible stream...which hurry the persuasions onward as in a breathless career."6 It was not for nothing that the young philosopher had begun as a dramatist. The difficulty... | |
 | Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1890 - 122 pagina’s
...by the splendor and harmony of his periods into one irresistible stream of musical impressionsAwhich hurry the persuasions onward as in a breathless career....perhaps, the only writer who in these particulars can be compared with him; his imitator Cicero sinks in the comparison into an ape' mocking the gestures of... | |
 | Seumas O'Sullivan - 1928 - 294 pagina’s
...wings. For Shelley " Plato exhibits the rare union of close and subtle logic with the Pythian enthusiasm of poetry, melted by the splendour and harmony of...of musical impressions, which hurry the persuasions onwards, as in a breathless career. His language is that of an immortal spirit, rather than a man."... | |
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