 ... to two, and from two to all fair forms, and from fair forms to fair practices, and from fair practices to fair notions, until from fair notions he arrives at the notion of absolute beauty, and at last knows what the essence of beauty is. This, my...  Aberdeen University Studies - Page 2331918Full view - About this book
 | Richard St.John Tyrwhitt - 1883 - 182 pages
...steps along which one mounts upwards for the sake of that other beauty ; going to all fair forms, and from fair forms to fair practices, and from fair practices to fair thoughts, until from fair thoughts he arrives at the notion of absolute beauty, and at last knows what... | |
 | Egbert Coffin Smyth - 1884 - 720 pages
...steps along which he mounts upward . . . from all fair forms to fair actions, and from fair actions to fair notions, until from fair notions he arrives at the notion of absolute beauty, and knows what the essence of beauty is." Edwin Pond Parker. THE THEOLOGICAL TENDENCIES IN GERMANY. NO.... | |
 | 1884 - 668 pages
...steps along which he mounts upward . . . from all fair forms to fair actions, and from fair actions to fair notions, until from fair notions he arrives at the notion of absolute beauty, and knows what the essence of beauty is." III.— THEORIES OF INSPIRATION. By ALVAH HOVEY, DD, LL.D. THE... | |
 | Hugo Furst - 1886 - 398 pages
...should cross myself before the great philosophers." "Philosophy," said Helen, "is a lore that leads one from fair forms to fair practices, and from fair practices...beauty, and at last knows what the essence of beauty is." "Do you not think," she asked, "that Raphael's Galatea shows his 'tendency toward that noble and... | |
 | 1903 - 696 pages
...other fair forms, and from fair forms to fair practises, and from fair practises to fair notions, till from fair notions he arrives at the notion of absolute...beauty, and at last knows what the essence of beauty is. * * * This is that life above all others which man should live, in the contemplation of beauty... | |
 | William Angus Knight - 1891 - 346 pages
...things." . . . He learns " to use the beauties of earth as steps along which he mounts upwards, going from fair forms to fair practices, and from fair practices...Beauty, and at last knows what the essence of Beauty is." ..." If man has eyes to see the true beauty, he becomes the friend of God and immortal" (Symp.... | |
 | John Marshall - 1891 - 272 pages
...upwards for the sake of that other beauty, going from one to two, and from two to all fair forms, and from fair forms to fair practices, and from fair practices...beauty, and at last knows what the essence of beauty is. This, my dear Socrates," said the stranger of Mantineia, "is that life above all others which a... | |
 | Ralph Radcliffe-Whitehead - 1892 - 204 pages
...upwards for the sake of that other beauty, going from one to two, and from two to all fair forms, and from fair forms to fair practices, and from fair practices...beauty, and at last knows what the essence of beauty is. This, my dear Socrates,' said the stranger of Mantineia, 'is that life above all others which man... | |
 | James Mason Hoppin - 1892 - 326 pages
...certainly did not mean mere bodily beauty. So also , Plato describes philosophy as a love that leads one from fair forms to fair practices, and from fair practices...beauty, and at last knows what the essence of beauty is. And this is that life beyond all others which man should live, in contemplation of beauty absolute.... | |
 | 1918 - 550 pages
...beauty, using these as steps only and from one going on to two, and from two to all fair forms, and from fair forms to fair practices, and from fair practices...beauty, and at last knows what the essence of beauty is." Plato explains quintessential beauty in terms of ethics; Poe, in more mystical, semi-religious... | |
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