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Vortex/t: The Poetics Of Turbulence Vortext Vortex by Minahen, Charles D. is a history book available to read on EtoBox.

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For the philosophers and poets of the ancient classical period, including certain Pre-Socratics, Plato, Epicurus, and Lucretius, the vortex is a universal structuring principle, although the underlying causes vary. For Dante, the emphasis is no longer on the dynamic cosmogonic role of the whirl, but on the gradations inherent in the vortical structure itself. Descartes and Blake associated the symbol with the transcendence of a mystical vision, which involves, for the latter, an epiphanal breakt

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Author
Minahen, Charles D.
Publisher
University Park, Pa.: Pennsylvania State University Press
Published
1992
Language
EN
ISBN
9780271007748
Category
history
Subjects
Literary Fiction, History, Humanities
Updated
2026-03-25

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