 Anaxagoras said wisely, that material forms lead the contemplative mind to the worship of ideal good, which is in its nature immortal and divine. Homer tells us, that the golden chain resting upon Olympus reaches even to the earth. Here we see but a few...  Philothea: A Grecian Romance - Página 50de Lydia Maria Child - 1848 - 290 páginasVisualização completa - Sobre este livro
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1837 - 594 páginas
...and the sea. I do not presume to decide, whether all that is believed has the inward signilicancy. I have ever deemed such speculations unwise. If the...its present condition, is an exile from the orb of VOL. XLIV. — NO. 94. 12 light ; its ignorance is forgetfulness ; and whatever we can perceive of... | |
 | Lydia Maria Child - 1851 - 292 páginas
...be believed as reality? Might not the same history be told of much that is believed? It is true,'7 added he, smiling, " that I might be excused for favouring...the fire above; and if we hear the echo of voices, Ave suppose it belongs to those passing shadows. The soul, in its present condition, is an exile from... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1856 - 592 páginas
...to the earth. Here we see but a few of the last links, and those imperfectly. We are like men in the subterranean cave, so chained that they can look only...an exile from the orb of light ; its ignorance is forgelfulness ; and whatever we can perceive of truth, or imagine of beauty, is but a reminiscence... | |
 | 1886 - 528 páginas
...Somc of these bright beings are speaking, and others are silent. We see only the shadows cast on tho opposite wall of the cavern by the reflection of the fire above ; and if wo hear the echo of voices, we suppose it belongs to those passing shadows. The soul, in its present... | |
 | David Josiah Brewer, Edward Archibald Allen, William Schuyler - 1900 - 464 páginas
...to the earth. Here we see but a few of the last links, and those imperfectly. We are like men in the subterranean cave, so chained that they can look only...is an exile from the orb of light; its ignorance is forgetf ulness ; and whatever we can perceive of truth, or imagine of beauty, is but a reminiscence... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1837 - 602 páginas
...like men in a subterranean cave, so chained that they can look only forward to the entrance. )'. r above and behind us is a glowing fire ; and beautiful...its present condition, is an exile from the orb of VOL. XLIV. — NO. 94. 12 light ; its ignorance is forgetfulness ; and whatever we can perceive of... | |
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