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Page 81
... value in itself and a constant source of temptation to sin . Man was created in the image of God . The beauty of man the microcosm , the wonder of his proportions , had been revealed in the world of art through contact with the values ...
... value in itself and a constant source of temptation to sin . Man was created in the image of God . The beauty of man the microcosm , the wonder of his proportions , had been revealed in the world of art through contact with the values ...
Page 82
... values are dominant in Book II of The Faerie Queene - the ruling power of reason , the value of self - discipline , the golden mean of moderation . Contact with the works of Plato stimulated thought and affected ways of feeling and ...
... values are dominant in Book II of The Faerie Queene - the ruling power of reason , the value of self - discipline , the golden mean of moderation . Contact with the works of Plato stimulated thought and affected ways of feeling and ...
Page 92
... value of what is being expressed . Again and again in The Faerie Queene an epithet , a simile or metaphor delivers the tacit message ' Think what values are entailed ! ' The use of the epithet ' golden ' in Book II , in the name of ...
... value of what is being expressed . Again and again in The Faerie Queene an epithet , a simile or metaphor delivers the tacit message ' Think what values are entailed ! ' The use of the epithet ' golden ' in Book II , in the name of ...
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