 | John Stuart Mill - 1873 - 420 pages
...mind in its decadence ; as the little in Plato which is allied to it belongs chiefly to theMeeadeuce of Plato's own mind. We are quite reconciled to the...tedious and unsatisfactory chapter in the history of human intellect. But such an exposition as he is capable of giving of Aristotle, will be hardly inferior... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - 1874 - 418 pages
...side of Gnosticism. Wh.it contact it has with the Greek mind is with that mind in its decadence; us the little in Plato which is allied to it belongs...tedious and unsatisfactory chapter in the history of human intellect. But such an exposition as he is capable of giving of Aristotle, will be hardly inferior... | |
 | William Hague - 1888 - 386 pages
...Napoleon." — "Oh, well," said the worshipper, "you know we must worship something." DOWNWARD TREND OF THIS SCHOOL. In regard to the Neo-Platonic school, which...unsatisfactory chapter in the history of the human intellect."1 The subtle affinity between Mr. Emerson's distinctive style and line of thought, and the... | |
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... thought would remain untreated of; for Neo-Platonicism, an aftergrowth of late date and little intrinsic value, was a hybrid product of Greek and Oriental speculation, and its place in history is by the side of Gnosticism. What contact it has with... 