...none so permanent as the pleasures of the understanding. See Bacon's observations in note, ante 153. How charming is divine philosophy ! Not harsh and...musical as is Apollo's lute, And a perpetual feast of nectar'd sweets, Where no crude surfeit reigns. COMCS. Hume, in his Life, says, " My family, however,...

...for an academic chair, and tutelage of youth, who revel in such ingenious subleties. This is indeed philosophy, " Not harsh, and crabbed, as dull fools...Apollo's lute, And a perpetual feast of nectared sweets.' But man is an amazing creature! redolent of fine and subtle contrivances! There is a mystery yet more...

...for an academic chair, and tutelage of youth, who revel in such ingenious subleties. This is indeed philosophy, " Not harsh, and crabbed, as dull fools...Apollo's lute, And a perpetual feast of nectared sweets.' But man is an amazing creature ! redolent of fine and subtle contrivances! There is a mystery yet more...

...beneath the touch of vice. " How charming is divine philosophy! The second brother then exclains, Not harsh and crabbed, as dull fools suppose, But musical as is Apollo's lute." And Socrates in Platof had before him spoken of philosophy as being the noblest music 'Qs ^iXoao</>ias...

...language of poetry, and throwing round them almost the magic hues of fiction. 'How charming,' thought I, ' is divine philosophy ;' not harsh and crabbed, as dull fools suppose, ' But a perpetual feast of nectar'd sweets, Where no crude surfeit roigns.' I felt a wonderful self-complacency...

...myself? Give me this credit, and you will not think that on my own accou[n]tI repeat Milton's lines "How charming is divine Philosophy Not harsh and crabbed...dull fools suppose But musical as is Apollo's lute." The last passage especially is crucial. The speculation that "poetry is not so fine a thing as philosophy"...

...And of philosophy when inspired by Urania, as this was, it may well be said with one of old time— ' How charming is Divine Philosophy—■ Not harsh...fools suppose— But musical as is Apollo's lute.' And now, even though it may be regarded as a grave breach of decorum, I am going to tear asunder the veil...

...right, and for understanding science. Of the history of ideas I would still say what Milton said of philosophy: '. .. not harsh and crabbed as dull fools suppose, but musical as Apollo's lute, and a perpetual feast of nectared sweets, where no crude surfeit reigns'. At home in...

...stereotype we are apt to associate with the uniform. The tone with which he incants the lines from Comus: How charming is divine Philosophy! Not harsh, and...dull fools suppose, But musical as is Apollo's lute . . . (11. 476—78) argues against the message he asserts; in this context it forbodes a “crabbed”...

...students will see that not only does it beat watching wrestling on TV, it is worthy of Milton's words: How charming is divine Philosophy! Not harsh and crabbed as dull fools suppose But musical as in Apollo's lute, And a perpetual feast of nectar'd sweets, Where no crude surfeit reigns. READING...