A soul purged and "occupied in spirituall ... understanding" may "come to beholde the beautie that is seene with the eyes of the minde"
— Castiglione, Baldassare (1478-1529); Hoby, Sir Thomas (1530-1566), Trans.
Work Title
Date
1561
Metaphor
A soul purged and "occupied in spirituall ... understanding" may "come to beholde the beautie that is seene with the eyes of the minde"
Metaphor in Context
Love is nothing else but a certaine coveting to enjoy beautie ... in our soul there be three ... waies to know; namely, by sense, reason, and understanding ... by the last of which amn may be partner with the angels. ... [The] soule ... purged ... occupied in spirituall .. understanding may come to beholde the beautie that is seene with the eyes of the minde
Categories
Provenance
Reading Alwin Thaler's "In My Mind's Eye, Horatio." Shakespeare Quarterly. Vol. 7, No. 4 (Autumn, 1965), p. 353.
Citation
Sir Thomas Hoby, The Courtier (1561)
Theme
Mind's Eye
Date of Entry
04/18/2006
