[693]Greek sculpture.The greatest development of the art of sculpture that the world has ever known was that which took place in Greece, with Athens as the center, in the fifth century before Christ. The masterpieces which remain are the models on which modern art formed itself.[694]Greek letters.In literature—in drama, philosophy and history—Greece attained an excellence as signal as in art. Emerson as a scholar, felt that the literature of Greece was more permanent than its art. Would an artist be apt to take this view?[695]New arts destroy the old, etc. Tell the ways inwhich the improvements and inventions mentioned by Emerson have been superseded by others; give the reasons. Mention other similar cases of more recent date.[696]The life of man is a self-evolving circle, etc. "Throw a stone into the stream, and the circles that propagate themselves are the beautiful type of all influence."—Emerson, inNature.[697]The heart refuses to be imprisoned.It is a superstition current in many countries that an evil spirit cannot escape from a circle drawn round it.[698]Crass.Gross; coarse.[699]The continual effort to raise himself above himself, etc."Unless above himself he canErect himself, how poor a thing is man!"Samuel Daniel.[700]If he were high enough, etc.Have I a loverWho is noble and free?—I would he were noblerThan to love me.Emerson,The Sphinx.[701]Aristotle and Plato.Plato was a famous Greek philosopher who flourished in the fourth century before Christ. He was the disciple of Socrates, the teacher of Aristotle, and the founder of the academic school of philosophy. His exposition of idealism was founded on the teachings of Socrates. Aristotle, another famous Greek philosopher, was for twenty years the pupil of Plato. He founded the peripatetic school of philosophy, and his writing dealt with all the then known branches of science.[702]Berkeley.George Berkeley was a British clergyman of the eighteenth century. He was the author of works on philosophy which are marked by extreme subjective idealism.[703]Termini.Boundaries or marks to indicate boundaries. In Roman mythology, Terminus was the god who presided over boundaries or landmarks. He is represented with a human head, but without feet or arms,—to indicate that he never moved from his place.[704]Pentecost.One of three great Jewish festivals. On the day of Pentecost, the Holy Spirit descended upon the infant Christian church, with the gift of tongues. See Acts ii. 1-20.[705]Hodiernal.Belonging to our present day.[706]Punic.Of Carthage, a famous ancient city, and state of northern Africa. Carthage was the rival of Rome, but was, after long warfare, overcome in the second century before Christ.[707]In like manner, etc. Emerson always urged that in order to get the best from all, one must pass from affairs to thought, society to solitude, books to nature."See thou bring not to field or stoneThe fancies found in books;Leave authors' eyes, and fetch your own,To brave the landscape's look."Emerson,Waldeinsamkeit.[708]Petrarch.(See note563.)[709]Ariosto.A famous Italian author of the sixteenth century, who wrote comedies, satires, and a metrical romance,Orlando Furioso.[710]"Then shall also the Son", etc. See 1 Corinthians xv. 28: Does Emerson quote the passage verbatim?[711]These manifold tenacious qualities, etc. It is remarked of Emerson that the idea of the symbolism of nature which he received from Plato, was the source of much of his pleasure in Swedenborg, the Swedish mystic philosopher. Emerson says in his volume onNature: "The noblest ministry of nature is to stand as an apparition of God."[712]"Forgive his crimes," etc. This is quoted fromNight Thoughtsby the English didactic poet, Edward Young.[713]Pyrrhonism.A doctrine held by a follower of Pyrrho, a Greek philosopher of the third century before Christ, who founded the sceptical school. He taught that it is impossible to attain truth, and that men should be indifferent to all external circumstances.[714]I own I am gladdened, etc. Emerson always held fast to the consoling thought that there was no evil without good, none out of which Good did not or could not come.[715]Sempiternal.Everlasting; eternal.[716]Oliver Cromwell.An Englishman of the middle classes who became the military and civil leader of the English Revolution of the seventeenth century. He refused the title of king; but as Lord Protector of the English commonwealth, he exercised royal power.
[693]Greek sculpture.The greatest development of the art of sculpture that the world has ever known was that which took place in Greece, with Athens as the center, in the fifth century before Christ. The masterpieces which remain are the models on which modern art formed itself.
[693]Greek sculpture.The greatest development of the art of sculpture that the world has ever known was that which took place in Greece, with Athens as the center, in the fifth century before Christ. The masterpieces which remain are the models on which modern art formed itself.
[694]Greek letters.In literature—in drama, philosophy and history—Greece attained an excellence as signal as in art. Emerson as a scholar, felt that the literature of Greece was more permanent than its art. Would an artist be apt to take this view?
[694]Greek letters.In literature—in drama, philosophy and history—Greece attained an excellence as signal as in art. Emerson as a scholar, felt that the literature of Greece was more permanent than its art. Would an artist be apt to take this view?
[695]New arts destroy the old, etc. Tell the ways inwhich the improvements and inventions mentioned by Emerson have been superseded by others; give the reasons. Mention other similar cases of more recent date.
[695]New arts destroy the old, etc. Tell the ways inwhich the improvements and inventions mentioned by Emerson have been superseded by others; give the reasons. Mention other similar cases of more recent date.
[696]The life of man is a self-evolving circle, etc. "Throw a stone into the stream, and the circles that propagate themselves are the beautiful type of all influence."—Emerson, inNature.
[696]The life of man is a self-evolving circle, etc. "Throw a stone into the stream, and the circles that propagate themselves are the beautiful type of all influence."—Emerson, inNature.
[697]The heart refuses to be imprisoned.It is a superstition current in many countries that an evil spirit cannot escape from a circle drawn round it.
[697]The heart refuses to be imprisoned.It is a superstition current in many countries that an evil spirit cannot escape from a circle drawn round it.
[698]Crass.Gross; coarse.
[698]Crass.Gross; coarse.
[699]The continual effort to raise himself above himself, etc."Unless above himself he canErect himself, how poor a thing is man!"Samuel Daniel.
[699]The continual effort to raise himself above himself, etc.
"Unless above himself he canErect himself, how poor a thing is man!"Samuel Daniel.
"Unless above himself he canErect himself, how poor a thing is man!"Samuel Daniel.
[700]If he were high enough, etc.Have I a loverWho is noble and free?—I would he were noblerThan to love me.Emerson,The Sphinx.
[700]If he were high enough, etc.
Have I a loverWho is noble and free?—I would he were noblerThan to love me.Emerson,The Sphinx.
Have I a loverWho is noble and free?—I would he were noblerThan to love me.Emerson,The Sphinx.
[701]Aristotle and Plato.Plato was a famous Greek philosopher who flourished in the fourth century before Christ. He was the disciple of Socrates, the teacher of Aristotle, and the founder of the academic school of philosophy. His exposition of idealism was founded on the teachings of Socrates. Aristotle, another famous Greek philosopher, was for twenty years the pupil of Plato. He founded the peripatetic school of philosophy, and his writing dealt with all the then known branches of science.
[701]Aristotle and Plato.Plato was a famous Greek philosopher who flourished in the fourth century before Christ. He was the disciple of Socrates, the teacher of Aristotle, and the founder of the academic school of philosophy. His exposition of idealism was founded on the teachings of Socrates. Aristotle, another famous Greek philosopher, was for twenty years the pupil of Plato. He founded the peripatetic school of philosophy, and his writing dealt with all the then known branches of science.
[702]Berkeley.George Berkeley was a British clergyman of the eighteenth century. He was the author of works on philosophy which are marked by extreme subjective idealism.
[702]Berkeley.George Berkeley was a British clergyman of the eighteenth century. He was the author of works on philosophy which are marked by extreme subjective idealism.
[703]Termini.Boundaries or marks to indicate boundaries. In Roman mythology, Terminus was the god who presided over boundaries or landmarks. He is represented with a human head, but without feet or arms,—to indicate that he never moved from his place.
[703]Termini.Boundaries or marks to indicate boundaries. In Roman mythology, Terminus was the god who presided over boundaries or landmarks. He is represented with a human head, but without feet or arms,—to indicate that he never moved from his place.
[704]Pentecost.One of three great Jewish festivals. On the day of Pentecost, the Holy Spirit descended upon the infant Christian church, with the gift of tongues. See Acts ii. 1-20.
[704]Pentecost.One of three great Jewish festivals. On the day of Pentecost, the Holy Spirit descended upon the infant Christian church, with the gift of tongues. See Acts ii. 1-20.
[705]Hodiernal.Belonging to our present day.
[705]Hodiernal.Belonging to our present day.
[706]Punic.Of Carthage, a famous ancient city, and state of northern Africa. Carthage was the rival of Rome, but was, after long warfare, overcome in the second century before Christ.
[706]Punic.Of Carthage, a famous ancient city, and state of northern Africa. Carthage was the rival of Rome, but was, after long warfare, overcome in the second century before Christ.
[707]In like manner, etc. Emerson always urged that in order to get the best from all, one must pass from affairs to thought, society to solitude, books to nature."See thou bring not to field or stoneThe fancies found in books;Leave authors' eyes, and fetch your own,To brave the landscape's look."Emerson,Waldeinsamkeit.
[707]In like manner, etc. Emerson always urged that in order to get the best from all, one must pass from affairs to thought, society to solitude, books to nature.
"See thou bring not to field or stoneThe fancies found in books;Leave authors' eyes, and fetch your own,To brave the landscape's look."Emerson,Waldeinsamkeit.
"See thou bring not to field or stoneThe fancies found in books;Leave authors' eyes, and fetch your own,To brave the landscape's look."Emerson,Waldeinsamkeit.
[708]Petrarch.(See note563.)
[708]Petrarch.(See note563.)
[709]Ariosto.A famous Italian author of the sixteenth century, who wrote comedies, satires, and a metrical romance,Orlando Furioso.
[709]Ariosto.A famous Italian author of the sixteenth century, who wrote comedies, satires, and a metrical romance,Orlando Furioso.
[710]"Then shall also the Son", etc. See 1 Corinthians xv. 28: Does Emerson quote the passage verbatim?
[710]"Then shall also the Son", etc. See 1 Corinthians xv. 28: Does Emerson quote the passage verbatim?
[711]These manifold tenacious qualities, etc. It is remarked of Emerson that the idea of the symbolism of nature which he received from Plato, was the source of much of his pleasure in Swedenborg, the Swedish mystic philosopher. Emerson says in his volume onNature: "The noblest ministry of nature is to stand as an apparition of God."
[711]These manifold tenacious qualities, etc. It is remarked of Emerson that the idea of the symbolism of nature which he received from Plato, was the source of much of his pleasure in Swedenborg, the Swedish mystic philosopher. Emerson says in his volume onNature: "The noblest ministry of nature is to stand as an apparition of God."
[712]"Forgive his crimes," etc. This is quoted fromNight Thoughtsby the English didactic poet, Edward Young.
[712]"Forgive his crimes," etc. This is quoted fromNight Thoughtsby the English didactic poet, Edward Young.
[713]Pyrrhonism.A doctrine held by a follower of Pyrrho, a Greek philosopher of the third century before Christ, who founded the sceptical school. He taught that it is impossible to attain truth, and that men should be indifferent to all external circumstances.
[713]Pyrrhonism.A doctrine held by a follower of Pyrrho, a Greek philosopher of the third century before Christ, who founded the sceptical school. He taught that it is impossible to attain truth, and that men should be indifferent to all external circumstances.
[714]I own I am gladdened, etc. Emerson always held fast to the consoling thought that there was no evil without good, none out of which Good did not or could not come.
[714]I own I am gladdened, etc. Emerson always held fast to the consoling thought that there was no evil without good, none out of which Good did not or could not come.
[715]Sempiternal.Everlasting; eternal.
[715]Sempiternal.Everlasting; eternal.
[716]Oliver Cromwell.An Englishman of the middle classes who became the military and civil leader of the English Revolution of the seventeenth century. He refused the title of king; but as Lord Protector of the English commonwealth, he exercised royal power.
[716]Oliver Cromwell.An Englishman of the middle classes who became the military and civil leader of the English Revolution of the seventeenth century. He refused the title of king; but as Lord Protector of the English commonwealth, he exercised royal power.