A Defence of Poetry - Part VII
It is probable that the poetry of Moses, Job, David, Solomon, and Isaiah had produced a great effect upon the mind of Jesus and his...
Letters Upon the Aesthetic Education of Man - Part VII
Letter XI If abstraction rises to as great an elevation as possible, it arrives at two primary ideas, before which it is obliged to stop...
A Defence of Poetry - Part VI
Civil war, the spoils of Asia, and the fatal predominance first of the Macedonian, and then of the Roman arms, were so many symbols of...
Letters Upon the Aesthetic Education of Man - Part VI
Letter X CONVINCED by my preceding letters, you agree with me on this point, that man can depart from his destination by two opposite...
Oration on the Dignity of Man - Part VI
I was not unaware, most revered Fathers, that this present disputation of mine would be as acceptable and as pleasing to you, who favor...
A Defence of Poetry - Part V
But I digress. The connection of scenic exhibitions with the improvement or corruption of the manners of men has been universally...
Letters Upon the Aesthetic Education of Man - Part V
Letter IX BUT perhaps there is a vicious circle in our previous reasoning? Theoretical culture must it seems bring along with it...
Oration on the Dignity of Man - Part V
Let us also seek the opinion of Pythagoras, that wisest of men, known as a wise man precisely because he never thought himself worthy of...
A Defence of Poetry - Part IV
The whole objection, however, of the immorality of poetry rests upon a misconception of the manner in which poetry acts to produce the...
Letters Upon the Aesthetic Education of Man - Part IV
Letter VII CAN this effect of harmony be attained by the state? That is not possible, for the state, as at present constituted, has...
