Depuis Platon, la métaphysique est empreinte de la valorisation hiérarchique entre la pensée rationnelle du logos et la pensée esthétique et relationnelle du mythos, par laquelle l’absolu et l’éternel ne peuvent être réellement connus que par le logos. Le mythos, sous-tendant les écrits sacrés et mythologiques, devient l’autre de la raison, relégué dans le domaine de l’irrationnel, voire, de la folie. La hiérarchie de valeurs, fermement établie après le progrès des lumières, crée une division au sein de l’individu qui forme la blessure au cœur de l’imaginaire occidental. C’est cette blessure que la poésie prophétique de William Blake et Friedrich Hölderlin, taxés de folie, cherche à guérir en dépeignant une manière de voir pour surmonter cet état divisé ainsi que la pensée strictement représentative et déterminante qui l’aggrave. Blake et Hölderlin s’efforcent de transformer l’imaginaire collectif issu des mythes qui ont un rôle majeur dans la formation de la perception de l’homme occidental et dont les interprétations ont servi à inculquer la vision de l’être divisé. Ils déforment et remodèlent les images mythiques et métaphoriques des concepts ontologiques devenues figées dans les traditions grecques et judéo-chrétiennes afin de rétablir l’unité de l’homme, mission prophétique qui implique la transformation de la connaissance fixe en reconnaissance active, créant la possibilité de faire évoluer la conscience individuelle et, à son tour, la conscience collective. / From the time of Plato, metaphysics has been marked by the hierarchical relationship which privileges the rational mode of thought of logos over that of the aesthetic and relational mode of mythos, whereby the absolute and the eternal are only knowable through logos. Mythos, underpinning sacred and mythological texts, becomes the other of reason, relegated to the domain of the irrational and even to that of madness. This hierarchy, firmly established after the progress of the Enlightenment, creates a division within the individual that forms the wound at the heart of the occidental imagination. It is this wound that the prophetic poetry of William Blake and Friedrich Hölderlin, both thought to be mad, seeks to heal by depicting a way of seeing in order to overcome this divided state as well as the strictly representative and determinative thinking which deepens it. Blake and Hölderlin strive to transform this perception of the individual which is reinforced by the myths that form the collective imagination, the interpretations of which have inculcated the view of the divided self. The two poets reimagine and recreate the mythical and metaphorical images of ontological concepts which have become solidified in the Greek and Judeo-Christian traditions in order to reestablish the unity of the individual, a prophetic mission that implies the transformation of fixed knowledge into active recognition, creating the possibility for the evolution of the individual and, in turn, collective conscience.

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This thesis explores the influence of Alexander Hamilton upon the administration of John Adams. It begins with the background of the conflict between Adams and Hamilton, continues through Adam's presidency and ends with the "death of the Federalist party."

William Blake's prophetic works are made up almost entirely of a unique combination of symbols and imagery. To understand his books it is necessary to be aware that he used his prophetic symbols because he found them apt to what he was saying, and that he changed their meanings as the reasons for their aptness changed. An awareness of this manipulation of symbols will lead to a more perceptive understanding of Blake's work. This paper is concerned with three specific uses of serpent imagery by Blake. The first chapter deals with the serpent of selfhood. Blake uses the wingless Uraeon to depict man destroying himself through his own constrictive analytic reasonings unenlightened with divine vision. Man had once possessed this divine vision, but as formal religions and a priestly class began to be formed, he lost it and worshipped only reason and cruelty. Blake also uses the image of the serpent crown to characterize priests or anyone in a position of authority. He usually mocks both religious and temporal rulers and identifies them as oppressors rather than leaders of the people. In addition to the Uraeon and the serpent crown, Blake also uses the narrow constricted body of the serpent and the encircled serpent to represent narrowmindedness and selfish possessiveness. The second chapter deals with the serpent as a symbolic force of energy itself. Blake uses the serpent to represent birth, the life force, guardian of life forces, inner strength, resurrection, forces of destruction, and rebellion against tyranny. The Orc figure, a mythological creation of Blake, is the major representative of all phases of energy. He is a Promethean figure of rebellion and often described by Blake as having a "serpent body." His birth represents the awakening of a terrible, uncontrolled energy which will bring war, destruction, and death. He is an "eternal viper" with "ever-hissing jaws." Blake often uses this rebellious energy to deal with specific political issues in America, Ahania and Tiriel. The "serpent-formed transgressor of God's law" is also in rebellion against the binding, constricting laws of religion, and in a larger sense, against the visionless state into which mankind has fallen. The third chapter considers Blake's use of the serpent and tree image. It is significant that he uses these familiar Christian symbols in various ways which suggest that occult lore and antiquarian mythologies must also be considered in their interpretation. The following five major types of serpent-tree symbolism and Blake's usages are discussed in this chapter: The divine serpent and the tree of life, the serpent as guardian of the tree of life, the serpent as destroyer of the tree of life, the serpent-tempter and the tree of death, and the serpent as an unfaithful messenger of God. It is possible to draw all of these interpretations from Blake's works. By the very diversity of its symbolic associations the serpent provides a unifying factor in Blake. It is in itself a symbol of unity in that it appears consistently in almost all of man's religions and mythologies.

Most of Domenico Scarlatti's harmonic progressions are quite orthodox when considered abstractly or free of their positioning in the score. The harmonic movement is given interest by subtle alterations in time; for example, (1) simultaneous upper and lower voices of different lengths, when repeated several times, change their relationship with each other; (2) one voice may be simply delayed so that it lags behind the other voice, thus combining to produce irregular harmonic sound on many succeeding beats; (3) the combination of two or more chords appearing on one beat is similar to number (2) but does not necessarily occur more than once.

A study of Gothic influences and eidetic imagery evident in eight Blake color plates to demonstrate that, when interpreted together with key Blake poems, unity of body and soul can be accomplished by means of the visionary imagination.

Bibliography: leaves 421-464.

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