...— is just what greets Milton's Satan on the other side of the gates of Hell in the realm of Chaos. For Hot, Cold, Moist, and Dry four champions fierce Strive here for mastery, and to battle bring Their embryon atoms; they around the flag Of each his faction, in their...

...classical antiquity, but the true spirit of the ancient view still breathes through his description : For hot, cold, moist, and dry, four Champions fierce Strive here for Maistrie, and to Battel bring Thir embryon Atoms ; they around the flag Of each his faction, in thir...

...Disparted. (7.239-41) These aggregate atoms form moments of light, darkness, water, and other elements: For hot, cold, moist, and dry, four Champions fierce Strive here for Maistry, and to Battle bring Thir embryon Atoms. (2.898-900) Such descriptions show that Chaos paradoxically...

...service poétique que Lucrèce à Démocrite3 », quand il écrit : And Chaos, ancestors of Nature, hold Eternal anarchy amidst the noise Of endless wars, and by confusion stand. 7) Plus généralement, on peut créditer Platon, précurseur en cela de la philosophie de l'organisme,...

...breadth, and highth, And time and place are lost; where eldest Night And Chaos, Ancestors of Nature, hold Eternal Anarchy, amidst the noise Of endless wars, and by confusion stand. Behind Milton's "Ten thousand fadom deep," behind Satan's quest for "the nearest coast of darkness...

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...breadth, and height, And time and place are lost; where eldest Night And Chaos, ancestors of Nature, hold Eternal anarchy, amidst the noise Of endless wars,...stand. For Hot, Cold, Moist, and Dry, four champions fierce0 Strive here for mastery, and to battle bring Their embryon atoms; they around the flag0 900...

...breadth, and height, And time and place, are lost; where eldest Night And Chaos, ancestors of nature, hold Eternal anarchy, amidst the noise Of endless wars, and by confusion stand. Satan, says Milton, carries Hell within himself; but the poet never confuses Hell and Chaos. Satan's...

...eldest Night And Chaos, Ancestors of Nature, hold Eternal Anarchie, amidst the noise Of endless Warrs, and by confusion stand. For hot, cold, moist, and dry, four Champions fierce Strive here for Maistrie, and to Büttel bring Thir embryon Atoms. (2.894-900) What Dryden and others regarded as the...

...breadth and heighth And time and place are lost, where eldest Night And Chaos, ancestors of Nature, hold Eternal anarchy amidst the noise Of endless wars and by confusion stand. ^ Paradise Lost 2.890-897 Anaximander may or may not have said, as was later supposed, that this "other...