The Influence of Greek Philosophy on English Poetry

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Excerpt from The Influence of Greek Philosophy on English Poetry: The Chancellor's EssayFinally, we come to a point in English literature where Greek philosophy has ceased to be an in¿uence and has be come a study. In this, as in other spheres, the nineteenth century began to win its freedom by perfect comprehension, by the self-consciousness of thought. At this point too begins what was impossible before - the reinterpretation of Greek life and philosophy in the light of the historical imagination.Such then, in outline, is our task. Dividing English poetry for convenience into four periods, we shall endeavour to trace in each both the primary in¿uences of Greek philosophy as manifested in the thought of the age as it appears in poetry, and, also, the secondary in¿uences, the systems based on the Greek philosophers, the references to their works, the traces of conscious aesthetic criticism.To sum up brie¿y in anticipation, we may say that the tangible in¿uence of Greek philosophy on our poetry was, on the whole, small, the intangible very great.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.