 ... 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
 | Plotinus, Elmer O'Brien - 1964 - 228 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. This, my dear Socrates," said the stranger of Mantineia, "is that life above all others which man... | |
 | Clara M. Codd - 1988 - 132 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." The Eternal Beauty is the Eternal Life. Says the beloved Plotinus yet again: "Let us, therefore,... | |
 | Albert Hofstadter, Richard Kuhns - 2009 - 730 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...fair notions he arrives at the notion of absolute beautv, and at last knows what the essence of beauty is. This, my dear Socrates,' said the stranger... | |
 | Stephen David Ross - 1984 - 590 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. This, my dear Socrates,' said the stranger of Mantineia, 'is that life above all others which man... | |
 | William James - 1988 - 1410 pages
...to two, and from two to all fair forms, and from fair forms to fair actions, and from fair actions to fair notions, until from fair notions he arrives...Beauty, and at last knows what the essence of Beauty is."1 In our last lecture we had a glimpse of the way in which a platonizing writer like Emerson may... | |
 | Richard Viladesau, Mark Stephen Massa - 1991 - 348 pages
...beautiful actions; from beautiful or good actions, to beautiful ideas; and from beautiful ideas, one arrives at the notion of absolute beauty, and at last knows what the essence of beauty is. This, my dear Socrates, is that life above all others that a person should live: the life of contemplation... | |
 | Peggy Muñoz Simonds - 1992 - 412 pages
...sake of that other beauty, using these steps only, and from one going on to two, and from two to all fair forms to fair practices, and from fair practices to fair notions he arrives at the notion of absolute beauty, and at last knows what the essence of beauty is. — Symposium... | |
 | Andrea Broomfield, Sally Mitchell - 1996 - 760 pages
...to two, and from two to all fair forms, and from fair forms to fair actions, and from fair actions to fair notions, until from fair notions he arrives...beauty, and at last knows what the essence of beauty is; this, my dear Socrates," said the prophetess of Mantineia, "is that life, above all others, which... | |
 | Richard Viladesau - 1999 - 311 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. In contrast to the Stoics, the Christian tradition generally gave a positive evaluation to the... | |
 | Zong-qi Cai - 2001 - 386 pages
...using these as sreps only, and from one going on to two, and from two to all fair forms, and from rair forms to fair practices, and from fair practices to fair notions, until from fair notions he artives at the notion of absolure beaury, and at last knows what the essence of beaury is. This, my... | |
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