Chaucer's Chain of LoveThis book traces the thematic and structural implication for Chaucer's poetry of the chain of love between God and his creation, an image used by the Platonist philosophers of Chaucer's day, as well as by the church as a metaphor for God's providential love. As a structural principle, the chain of love is the intermediary between constituents of time, space, and words. |
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... sense and appetite . " Saint Bonaventura adds that " the creatures of this sensible world signify the invisible things of God , in part because God is the source , exemplar , and the end of every creature , in part through their proper ...
... sense and appetite . " Saint Bonaventura adds that " the creatures of this sensible world signify the invisible things of God , in part because God is the source , exemplar , and the end of every creature , in part through their proper ...
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... sense since it is shared by all animals , but it is the lowest of the senses in value since it pertains to an organ lower than the organs of sight , hearing , smelling , and tasting ( 2 , 7–123b ) . In his Commentary on Boethius ...
... sense since it is shared by all animals , but it is the lowest of the senses in value since it pertains to an organ lower than the organs of sight , hearing , smelling , and tasting ( 2 , 7–123b ) . In his Commentary on Boethius ...
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... sense of form : " The essential principle of a thing ; that which makes anything ( matter ) a determinant species or kind of being : the essential creative quality . " 13. The Golden Book of Marriage , cited by Jerome in Adversus ...
... sense of form : " The essential principle of a thing ; that which makes anything ( matter ) a determinant species or kind of being : the essential creative quality . " 13. The Golden Book of Marriage , cited by Jerome in Adversus ...
Contents
Acknowledgments | 9 |
Loves Progressions and Successions | 40 |
The Legend of Good | 57 |
Copyright | |
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