Swift's Vision of Evil: A Comparative Study of A Tale of a Tub and Gulliver's Travels, Volumes 1-2English Literary Studies, University of Victoria, 1975 |
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... Paracelsus . In fact , his influence dominates the occult until its decline in the last part of the seventeenth century . It is not my purpose to describe the complexities of Paracelsus ' theory of the 33 occult , some of which Swift ...
... Paracelsus . In fact , his influence dominates the occult until its decline in the last part of the seventeenth century . It is not my purpose to describe the complexities of Paracelsus ' theory of the 33 occult , some of which Swift ...
Page 92
... Paracelsus in particular , as I have suggested in a previous chapter . The Aeolists are learned because they have achieved gnosis , through the sacred essence , Wind . Both Paracelsus and the Aeolists , believe that air or wind is the ...
... Paracelsus in particular , as I have suggested in a previous chapter . The Aeolists are learned because they have achieved gnosis , through the sacred essence , Wind . Both Paracelsus and the Aeolists , believe that air or wind is the ...
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... Paracelsus , giving man an additional anima , four instead of three . But it is the fifth anima , the quintessence , alchemically extracted from the other four , “ a peculiar Portion or Grain of Wind that Man brings with him into the ...
... Paracelsus , giving man an additional anima , four instead of three . But it is the fifth anima , the quintessence , alchemically extracted from the other four , “ a peculiar Portion or Grain of Wind that Man brings with him into the ...
Contents
The Nature of Satire | 7 |
The Satiric Focus I | 27 |
The Satiric Focus II | 38 |
Copyright | |
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