A Defence of Poetry - Part XI (Finale)
A poet, as he is the author to others of the highest wisdom, pleasure, virtue, and glory, so he ought personally to be the happiest, the...
Tao Te Ching - Part VII
Chapter 57 Govern a country with upright integrity Deploy the military with surprise tactics Take the world with non-interference How...
Letters Upon the Aesthetic Education of Man - Part X
Letter XIV WE have been brought to the idea of such a correlation between the two impulsions that the action of the one establishes and...
Tao Te Ching - Part V
Chapter 38 High virtue is not virtuous Therefore it has virtue Low virtue never loses virtue Therefore it has no virtue High virtue...
Letters upon the Aesthetic Education of Man - Part IX
Letter XIII ON a first survey, nothing appears more opposed than these two impulsions; one having for its object change, the other...
Tao Te Ching - Part I
Chapter 1 The Tao that can be spoken is not the eternal Tao The name that can be named is not the eternal name The nameless is the...
A Defence of Poetry - Part VIII
The poetry of Dante may be considered as the bridge thrown over the stream of time, which unites the modern and ancient world. The...
Letters upon the Aesthetic Education of Man - Part VIII
Letter XII THIS twofold labour or task, which consists in making the necessary pass into reality in usand in making out of us reality...
Oration on the Dignity of Man - Part VII
In our own day, many scholars, imitating Gorgias of Leontini, have been accustomed to dispute, not nine hundred questions merely, but the...
A Poison Tree
"A Poison Tree" William Blake I was angry with my friend: I told my wrath, my wrath did end. I was angry with my foe: I told it not,...
