This is a very nice Blog on Eliot, in context.
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It is nice when books find their own way!
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632G Kircher, Athanasius (& Kestler) . 1602-1680 Physiologia Kircheriana Experimentalis, Qua Summa Argumentorum Multitudine & Varietate Naturalium rerum scientia per experimenta Physica, Mathematica, Medica, Chymica, Musica, Magnetica, Mechanica comprobatur atque stabilitur. Quam Ex Vastis Operibus Adm. Revdi. P. Athanasii Kircheri... Continue Reading →
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This book is by far the most 'complete' book I have encountered, by complete, I mean a book which addresses EVERYTHING. Like Burton's Anatonomy of Melancholy , this book is a polymathamatic tour de force, bringing together the liberal arts... Continue Reading →
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"They" (the Monks] "might be disposed occasionally to recreate their minds with subjects of a light and amusing nature; and what could be more innocent or delightful than the stories of the Gesta Romanorum';" Douces's Illustration of Shakespeare. Generally considered an... Continue Reading →
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802G Marsilio Ficino 1433-1499 Tomo primo [-secondo] delle divine lettere del gran Marsilio Ficino (tradotte in lingua toscana per M. Felice Figliuccii Senese.) Venenzia:Gabriele Giolito de Ferrari 1549 ,1548 $2,100 Two Octavo volumes... Continue Reading →
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Io veggio ben che già mai non si sazia nostro intelletto, se ‘l ver non lo illustra di fuor dal qual nessun vero si spazia. [Par. 4.124–26] I see well that never is our intellect satisfied, unless that truth illumines... Continue Reading →
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