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In place of Titanism , or Prometheanism , or heroic struggles against the gods ,
there is the slightly donnish Rugby and Balliol " classical ” man , detached to be
sure from Christianity but never aggressively hostile to religion . Culture and ...
In place of Titanism , or Prometheanism , or heroic struggles against the gods ,
there is the slightly donnish Rugby and Balliol " classical ” man , detached to be
sure from Christianity but never aggressively hostile to religion . Culture and ...
Page 199
Early Christianity had recognized the conflict , he explains , and " based its plea
upon its own weakness " in the confrontation with classical culture . Christianity
frankly asserted claims that had no appeal to " any genuinely human principle .
Early Christianity had recognized the conflict , he explains , and " based its plea
upon its own weakness " in the confrontation with classical culture . Christianity
frankly asserted claims that had no appeal to " any genuinely human principle .
Page 208
The argument proper begins with Pater ' s surprisingly Arnoldian ( and
Newmanesque ) discussion of " the classical tradition , the orthodoxy of taste . "
This Hellenic tradition provides the unity of Western culture , and its authority is
proved not ...
The argument proper begins with Pater ' s surprisingly Arnoldian ( and
Newmanesque ) discussion of " the classical tradition , the orthodoxy of taste . "
This Hellenic tradition provides the unity of Western culture , and its authority is
proved not ...
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Contents
THE OXFORD SENTIMENT | 5 |
The Quarrel of Reason and Faith | 26 |
The Onslaught on the Philistines | 39 |
Copyright | |
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