A Defence of Poesie and Poems
Excerpt: ...which bred them, so as they be not abused, which is likewise stretched to poetry. Saint Paul himself sets a watchword upon philosophy, indeed upon the abuse. So doth Plato upon the abuse, not upon poetry. Plato found fault that the poets of his time filled the world with wrong opinions of the gods, making light tales of that unspotted essence, and therefore would not have the youth depraved with such opinions. Herein may much be said; let this suffice: the poets did not induce such opinions, but did imitate those opinions already induced. For all the Greek stories can well testify that the very religion of that time stood upon man…
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- ISBN: 978-1-153-58229-2
- EAN: 9781153582292
- Produktnummer: 14788156
- Verlag: Books LLC, Reference Series
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
- Seitenangabe: 32 S.
- Masse: H24.6 cm x B18.9 cm x D0.2 cm 85 g
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 85
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