Sublime

"The noble hart that harbours vertuous thought And is with childe of glorious great intent, Can never rest, until it forth have brought Th' eternall brood of glorie excellent."

Every moment mortals died, by shipwreck and sword, by wild beasts and wild men, by illness, neglect, and age. It was their fate, as Prometheus had told me, the story that they all shared. No matter how vivid they were in life, no matter how brilliant, no matter the wonders they made, they came to dust and smoke. Meanwhile every petty and useless go

And here, O men of Athens, I must beg you not to interrupt me, even if I seem to say something extravagant. For the word which I will speak is not mine. I will refer you to a witness who is worthy of credit; that witness shall be the God of Delphi—he

Le modèle éternel du héros, dont l’individu et la société dépendent tous les deux, est le plus haut de tous les dieux. Il est à la fois l’enfant de ces forces jumelles et leur arbitre, transformant le chaos en ordre vivable (et modifiant également l’ordre en chaos pour qu’il puisse se renouveler lorsqu’il est devenu anachronique et altéré), et se b

They were called Lares, Penates, Genii Demons, Heroes;284 under all these names were human souls deified.