Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches
As the tale is told by Plato, in the tenth book of his _Republic_, one Er the son of Arminius, a Pamphylian, was slain in battle; and ten days afterwards, when they collected the bodies for burial, his body alone showed no taint of corruption. His relatives, however, bore it o...
As the tale is told by Plato, in the tenth book of his _Republic_, one Er the son of Arminius, a Pamphylian, was slain in battle; and ten days afterwards, when they collected th...
2. Chapter 2We have arrived at this, then; that Poetry's chief function is to reconcile the inner harmony of Man (his Soul, as we call it) with the outer harmony of the Universe. With this...
3. Chapter 3Yet, as has been hinted, the very simplicity of it puzzles the ordinary man, and not only puzzles the philosopher but exasperates him. It annoys the philosopher, first, that the...