Tag Archives: Augustine

The Trinity of Love

Posted on September 10, 2015 by David Buresh

One of Traherne’s most poetic and profound concepts is the Trinity of Love. Though the origin of the concept can be traced back to Augustine, the poetic quality of Traherne’s explication is uniquely his own. It occupies approximately 30 of … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Traherne’s Technique of Repetition

Posted on May 21, 2015 by David Buresh

In preparing his readers for a tour through Traherne’s Centuries, Professor Louis Martz dedicates twelve pages of The Paradise Within to Traherne’s (and Augustine’s) “technique of repetition.” Traherne’s overall approach is most cogently defended in the following assessment: “The Centuries, … Continue reading →

Posted in Louis Martz | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

The Principles of Augustine

Posted on March 9, 2015 by David Buresh

In his attempt to help us in our reading of Traherne’s Centuries, Louis Martz asks, “Can the principles of Augustine also be used to explore the full extent and progress of the Centuries, and to measure the degree of its … Continue reading →

Posted in Louis Martz | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Traherne’s Augustinian Quest to Find the Paradise Within

Posted on March 5, 2015 by David Buresh

Professor Louis Martz intuited Traherne’s essence as well as anyone. That essence was formed by the triad of the Bible, Nature, and the Self. Martz explains that these were “the three ‘books’ cultivated by the medieval Augustinians, and especially by … Continue reading →

Posted in Louis Martz | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment