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adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading In the explanation of the nature of these two experiences the teaching of Platonism played a very important part, directing the course of that love of man for heavenly things, and accounting for the presence of love in the Godhead.
able
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From this reading To the discussion of the latter of these subjects Platonism was able to offer two conceptions, in which a rational explanation of God’s love as revealed in the creation could be found; one presenting the highest reality as beauty, the other as the good.
accounting
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From this reading In the explanation of the nature of these two experiences the teaching of Platonism played a very important part, directing the course of that love of man for heavenly things, and accounting for the presence of love in the Godhead.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THEORY OF LOVE I. HEAVENLY LOVE Heavenly love, as conceived in the poetry of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, refers to two distinct experiences.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading THEORY OF LOVE I. HEAVENLY LOVE Heavenly love, as conceived in the poetry of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, refers to two distinct experiences.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading To the discussion of the latter of these subjects Platonism was able to offer two conceptions, in which a rational explanation of God’s love as revealed in the creation could be found; one presenting the highest reality as beauty, the other as the good.
beauty
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From this reading To the discussion of the latter of these subjects Platonism was able to offer two conceptions, in which a rational explanation of God’s love as revealed in the creation could be found; one presenting the highest reality as beauty, the other as the good.
ByprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading By this term the poets meant either the love known in the soul for the realities of the unseen world or the love which God had shown to man in his creation and preservation, and which man could experience through the indwelling of God’s spirit within him.
centuries
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From this reading THEORY OF LOVE I. HEAVENLY LOVE Heavenly love, as conceived in the poetry of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, refers to two distinct experiences.
conceived
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From this reading THEORY OF LOVE I. HEAVENLY LOVE Heavenly love, as conceived in the poetry of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, refers to two distinct experiences.
conception
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From this reading The first conception was present in its theory of love.
conceptions
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From this reading To the discussion of the latter of these subjects Platonism was able to offer two conceptions, in which a rational explanation of God’s love as revealed in the creation could be found; one presenting the highest reality as beauty, the other as the good.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading By this term the poets meant either the love known in the soul for the realities of the unseen world or the love which God had shown to man in his creation and preservation, and which man could experience through the indwelling of God’s spirit within him.
course
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From this reading In the explanation of the nature of these two experiences the teaching of Platonism played a very important part, directing the course of that love of man for heavenly things, and accounting for the presence of love in the Godhead.
creation
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From this reading By this term the poets meant either the love known in the soul for the realities of the unseen world or the love which God had shown to man in his creation and preservation, and which man could experience through the indwelling of God’s spirit within him.
directing
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From this reading In the explanation of the nature of these two experiences the teaching of Platonism played a very important part, directing the course of that love of man for heavenly things, and accounting for the presence of love in the Godhead.
discussion
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From this reading To the discussion of the latter of these subjects Platonism was able to offer two conceptions, in which a rational explanation of God’s love as revealed in the creation could be found; one presenting the highest reality as beauty, the other as the good.
distinct
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From this reading THEORY OF LOVE I. HEAVENLY LOVE Heavenly love, as conceived in the poetry of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, refers to two distinct experiences.
eitherdeterminerUS /ˈiːðər/
one or the other of two
From this reading By this term the poets meant either the love known in the soul for the realities of the unseen world or the love which God had shown to man in his creation and preservation, and which man could experience through the indwelling of God’s spirit within him.
experience
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From this reading By this term the poets meant either the love known in the soul for the realities of the unseen world or the love which God had shown to man in his creation and preservation, and which man could experience through the indwelling of God’s spirit within him.
experiences
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From this reading THEORY OF LOVE I. HEAVENLY LOVE Heavenly love, as conceived in the poetry of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, refers to two distinct experiences.
explanation
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From this reading In the explanation of the nature of these two experiences the teaching of Platonism played a very important part, directing the course of that love of man for heavenly things, and accounting for the presence of love in the Godhead.
first
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From this reading The first conception was present in its theory of love.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading By this term the poets meant either the love known in the soul for the realities of the unseen world or the love which God had shown to man in his creation and preservation, and which man could experience through the indwelling of God’s spirit within him.
found
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From this reading To the discussion of the latter of these subjects Platonism was able to offer two conceptions, in which a rational explanation of God’s love as revealed in the creation could be found; one presenting the highest reality as beauty, the other as the good.
God
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From this reading By this term the poets meant either the love known in the soul for the realities of the unseen world or the love which God had shown to man in his creation and preservation, and which man could experience through the indwelling of God’s spirit within him.
God's
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From this reading By this term the poets meant either the love known in the soul for the realities of the unseen world or the love which God had shown to man in his creation and preservation, and which man could experience through the indwelling of God’s spirit within him.
Godhead
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From this reading In the explanation of the nature of these two experiences the teaching of Platonism played a very important part, directing the course of that love of man for heavenly things, and accounting for the presence of love in the Godhead.
good
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From this reading To the discussion of the latter of these subjects Platonism was able to offer two conceptions, in which a rational explanation of God’s love as revealed in the creation could be found; one presenting the highest reality as beauty, the other as the good.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading By this term the poets meant either the love known in the soul for the realities of the unseen world or the love which God had shown to man in his creation and preservation, and which man could experience through the indwelling of God’s spirit within him.
HEAVENLY
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From this reading THEORY OF LOVE I. HEAVENLY LOVE Heavenly love, as conceived in the poetry of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, refers to two distinct experiences.
highest
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From this reading To the discussion of the latter of these subjects Platonism was able to offer two conceptions, in which a rational explanation of God’s love as revealed in the creation could be found; one presenting the highest reality as beauty, the other as the good.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading By this term the poets meant either the love known in the soul for the realities of the unseen world or the love which God had shown to man in his creation and preservation, and which man could experience through the indwelling of God’s spirit within him.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading By this term the poets meant either the love known in the soul for the realities of the unseen world or the love which God had shown to man in his creation and preservation, and which man could experience through the indwelling of God’s spirit within him.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading THEORY OF LOVE I. HEAVENLY LOVE Heavenly love, as conceived in the poetry of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, refers to two distinct experiences.
important
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From this reading In the explanation of the nature of these two experiences the teaching of Platonism played a very important part, directing the course of that love of man for heavenly things, and accounting for the presence of love in the Godhead.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading THEORY OF LOVE I. HEAVENLY LOVE Heavenly love, as conceived in the poetry of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, refers to two distinct experiences.
indwelling
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From this reading By this term the poets meant either the love known in the soul for the realities of the unseen world or the love which God had shown to man in his creation and preservation, and which man could experience through the indwelling of God’s spirit within him.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading The first conception was present in its theory of love.
known
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From this reading By this term the poets meant either the love known in the soul for the realities of the unseen world or the love which God had shown to man in his creation and preservation, and which man could experience through the indwelling of God’s spirit within him.
latter
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From this reading To the discussion of the latter of these subjects Platonism was able to offer two conceptions, in which a rational explanation of God’s love as revealed in the creation could be found; one presenting the highest reality as beauty, the other as the good.
LOVE
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From this reading THEORY OF LOVE I. HEAVENLY LOVE Heavenly love, as conceived in the poetry of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, refers to two distinct experiences.
man
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From this reading By this term the poets meant either the love known in the soul for the realities of the unseen world or the love which God had shown to man in his creation and preservation, and which man could experience through the indwelling of God’s spirit within him.
meant
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From this reading By this term the poets meant either the love known in the soul for the realities of the unseen world or the love which God had shown to man in his creation and preservation, and which man could experience through the indwelling of God’s spirit within him.
nature
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From this reading In the explanation of the nature of these two experiences the teaching of Platonism played a very important part, directing the course of that love of man for heavenly things, and accounting for the presence of love in the Godhead.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THEORY OF LOVE I. HEAVENLY LOVE Heavenly love, as conceived in the poetry of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, refers to two distinct experiences.
offer
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From this reading To the discussion of the latter of these subjects Platonism was able to offer two conceptions, in which a rational explanation of God’s love as revealed in the creation could be found; one presenting the highest reality as beauty, the other as the good.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading To the discussion of the latter of these subjects Platonism was able to offer two conceptions, in which a rational explanation of God’s love as revealed in the creation could be found; one presenting the highest reality as beauty, the other as the good.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading By this term the poets meant either the love known in the soul for the realities of the unseen world or the love which God had shown to man in his creation and preservation, and which man could experience through the indwelling of God’s spirit within him.
other
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From this reading To the discussion of the latter of these subjects Platonism was able to offer two conceptions, in which a rational explanation of God’s love as revealed in the creation could be found; one presenting the highest reality as beauty, the other as the good.
part
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From this reading In the explanation of the nature of these two experiences the teaching of Platonism played a very important part, directing the course of that love of man for heavenly things, and accounting for the presence of love in the Godhead.
Platonism
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From this reading In the explanation of the nature of these two experiences the teaching of Platonism played a very important part, directing the course of that love of man for heavenly things, and accounting for the presence of love in the Godhead.
played
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From this reading In the explanation of the nature of these two experiences the teaching of Platonism played a very important part, directing the course of that love of man for heavenly things, and accounting for the presence of love in the Godhead.
poetry
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From this reading THEORY OF LOVE I. HEAVENLY LOVE Heavenly love, as conceived in the poetry of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, refers to two distinct experiences.
poets
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From this reading By this term the poets meant either the love known in the soul for the realities of the unseen world or the love which God had shown to man in his creation and preservation, and which man could experience through the indwelling of God’s spirit within him.
presence
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From this reading In the explanation of the nature of these two experiences the teaching of Platonism played a very important part, directing the course of that love of man for heavenly things, and accounting for the presence of love in the Godhead.
present
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From this reading The first conception was present in its theory of love.
presenting
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From this reading To the discussion of the latter of these subjects Platonism was able to offer two conceptions, in which a rational explanation of God’s love as revealed in the creation could be found; one presenting the highest reality as beauty, the other as the good.
preservation
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From this reading By this term the poets meant either the love known in the soul for the realities of the unseen world or the love which God had shown to man in his creation and preservation, and which man could experience through the indwelling of God’s spirit within him.
rationaladjectiveUS /ˈræʃ.ən.əl/
Based on or in accordance with reason or logic rather than turbulent emotions.
From this reading To the discussion of the latter of these subjects Platonism was able to offer two conceptions, in which a rational explanation of God’s love as revealed in the creation could be found; one presenting the highest reality as beauty, the other as the good.
realities
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From this reading By this term the poets meant either the love known in the soul for the realities of the unseen world or the love which God had shown to man in his creation and preservation, and which man could experience through the indwelling of God’s spirit within him.
reality
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From this reading To the discussion of the latter of these subjects Platonism was able to offer two conceptions, in which a rational explanation of God’s love as revealed in the creation could be found; one presenting the highest reality as beauty, the other as the good.
refers
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From this reading THEORY OF LOVE I. HEAVENLY LOVE Heavenly love, as conceived in the poetry of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, refers to two distinct experiences.
revealed
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From this reading To the discussion of the latter of these subjects Platonism was able to offer two conceptions, in which a rational explanation of God’s love as revealed in the creation could be found; one presenting the highest reality as beauty, the other as the good.
seventeenth
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From this reading THEORY OF LOVE I. HEAVENLY LOVE Heavenly love, as conceived in the poetry of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, refers to two distinct experiences.
shown
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From this reading By this term the poets meant either the love known in the soul for the realities of the unseen world or the love which God had shown to man in his creation and preservation, and which man could experience through the indwelling of God’s spirit within him.
sixteenth
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From this reading THEORY OF LOVE I. HEAVENLY LOVE Heavenly love, as conceived in the poetry of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, refers to two distinct experiences.
soul
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From this reading By this term the poets meant either the love known in the soul for the realities of the unseen world or the love which God had shown to man in his creation and preservation, and which man could experience through the indwelling of God’s spirit within him.
spirit
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From this reading By this term the poets meant either the love known in the soul for the realities of the unseen world or the love which God had shown to man in his creation and preservation, and which man could experience through the indwelling of God’s spirit within him.
subjects
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From this reading To the discussion of the latter of these subjects Platonism was able to offer two conceptions, in which a rational explanation of God’s love as revealed in the creation could be found; one presenting the highest reality as beauty, the other as the good.
teaching
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From this reading In the explanation of the nature of these two experiences the teaching of Platonism played a very important part, directing the course of that love of man for heavenly things, and accounting for the presence of love in the Godhead.
term
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From this reading By this term the poets meant either the love known in the soul for the realities of the unseen world or the love which God had shown to man in his creation and preservation, and which man could experience through the indwelling of God’s spirit within him.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading In the explanation of the nature of these two experiences the teaching of Platonism played a very important part, directing the course of that love of man for heavenly things, and accounting for the presence of love in the Godhead.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THEORY OF LOVE I. HEAVENLY LOVE Heavenly love, as conceived in the poetry of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, refers to two distinct experiences.
THEORY
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From this reading THEORY OF LOVE I. HEAVENLY LOVE Heavenly love, as conceived in the poetry of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, refers to two distinct experiences.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading In the explanation of the nature of these two experiences the teaching of Platonism played a very important part, directing the course of that love of man for heavenly things, and accounting for the presence of love in the Godhead.
things
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From this reading In the explanation of the nature of these two experiences the teaching of Platonism played a very important part, directing the course of that love of man for heavenly things, and accounting for the presence of love in the Godhead.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading By this term the poets meant either the love known in the soul for the realities of the unseen world or the love which God had shown to man in his creation and preservation, and which man could experience through the indwelling of God’s spirit within him.
throughprepositionUS /θruː/
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading By this term the poets meant either the love known in the soul for the realities of the unseen world or the love which God had shown to man in his creation and preservation, and which man could experience through the indwelling of God’s spirit within him.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THEORY OF LOVE I. HEAVENLY LOVE Heavenly love, as conceived in the poetry of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, refers to two distinct experiences.
two
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From this reading THEORY OF LOVE I. HEAVENLY LOVE Heavenly love, as conceived in the poetry of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, refers to two distinct experiences.
unseen
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From this reading By this term the poets meant either the love known in the soul for the realities of the unseen world or the love which God had shown to man in his creation and preservation, and which man could experience through the indwelling of God’s spirit within him.
very
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From this reading In the explanation of the nature of these two experiences the teaching of Platonism played a very important part, directing the course of that love of man for heavenly things, and accounting for the presence of love in the Godhead.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading To the discussion of the latter of these subjects Platonism was able to offer two conceptions, in which a rational explanation of God’s love as revealed in the creation could be found; one presenting the highest reality as beauty, the other as the good.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading By this term the poets meant either the love known in the soul for the realities of the unseen world or the love which God had shown to man in his creation and preservation, and which man could experience through the indwelling of God’s spirit within him.
withinprepositionUS /wɪˈðɪn/
inside; before a period of time has passed
From this reading By this term the poets meant either the love known in the soul for the realities of the unseen world or the love which God had shown to man in his creation and preservation, and which man could experience through the indwelling of God’s spirit within him.
world
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From this reading By this term the poets meant either the love known in the soul for the realities of the unseen world or the love which God had shown to man in his creation and preservation, and which man could experience through the indwelling of God’s spirit within him.
