... concepts of the philosophy centered around "the dignity and central position of human beings in the universe' as reasoning creatures, as well as downplaying the "animal passions of the individual. The mode of thought also "stressed the need for a rounded development of an individual's diverse powers as opposed to merely ... to sacrifice both the road to honest knowledge and his soul in favor of more power. He exhibits, in his search for power, anything but animal passion; he indeed exhibits a chilling logic as he talks himself out of the possible delights of heaven. Not only is he intell...

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... King Edward IV and his brother George. This was clearly indicated at the beginning of the play when he said that he had hatched fiendish plots through drunken prophecies and dreams to set his brother George and the king in deadly hate against each other (1.1.32-35) to initiate a family feud, which would subsequently prevent George of Clarence from being a potential ... character. For example, first, he is a lesser angel; then he is a cherub when he communicates to Uriel; after that he is a voracious cormorant in the tree of life with an animal nature but able to fly, a tiger and a lion ...

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