|W. W, Norton & Company has been independent since its founding in 1923, {when Wiliam Warder Norton and Mary D. Herter Norton first published lectures, delivered at the People’s Institute, the adult education division of New York City’s ‘Cooper Union. The Nortons soon expanded their program beyond the Insitute, publishing books by celebrated academics fom America and abroad. By mid century, the two major pillars of Norton's publishing program—trade books and. college texts—were firmly established, In the 1950s, the Norton family transferred ‘contol of the company to is employees, and today-—with a staff of four hundred ‘and a comparable number of trad, college, and profesional tiles published each ‘year —W. W. Norton & Company stands as the largest and oldest publishing ‘house owned wholly by its employees. Copyright © 2005, 2002, 1998 by W. W. Norton & Company, Inc All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America Publication Data Library of Congress Cataloging ‘Perspectives from the past: primary soures in Western civilizations / James M. Brophy— [eta] 3rd ed. poem Includes bibliographical references. Contents, 1. From the ancient Near East through the age of absolutism—v. 2, From the early moder era through contemporary times. ISBN 0-393-92569-2 (vol 1 : pbk.)—ISBN 0-393-92570-6 (vol. 2: pbk) 1, Givilization, Western—History—Sources. I. Brophy, James M. (8245.45 2005 909109821 dc22 2004061730 |W.W. Norton & Company, Inc, 500 Filth Avenue, New York, N. 10110 vrww.wnorton.com W.W. Norton & Company Lud, Castle House, 75(76 Wells Steet, London WIT 30 1234567890Perspectives from the Past PRIMARY SOURCES IN WESTERN CIVILIZATIONS 3rd Edition VOLUME 1 _ From the Ancient Near East through . _ the Age of Absolutism611 Review QUESTIONS ST. TERESA OF AVILA rrom The Life of Teresa of Jesuspoe = Doubleday Dell, 1991), pp. 68-71 All s (New York: Banta z was extremely desirous of observing the coloy f His eyes, or His height, so that I should tention, for Iwas to describe er bee tr this kind of visio see i so; if I tried, imnot be the work of the imagination, How could to attempt to de picture Christ's Humanity by merely studying alto; Though I so ae , ly, His gaze Reet fear a His me compass ie eB the trina tle at my soul cannot endure it and remains in s¢ would be necessary if such sublime a rapt s beauteous vi be in the least like the original. One can i sion in order e the greater fruition of it all make such a picture with one’s imagination, and So t estion here of our wanting or not spend time in regardi ind considering the wanting to see the vision. It is c t the Lord form and the brilliane ttle by little one may nts of us only shame, our accep up in the memory. Who c ent this? Such Giver Picture can undoubtedly be fashioned wit his refers to all visions, nc cd. There the understanding. B gard to the visi nothin, bout the cann discussing there is n of doin, less of them : n nei: this: we have to look n the Lord is pleas m i m by our own reveal it to us—to look as He wills and at w fforts. The Lord ; ai he Le we shall see quite ever He wills, And the ossibilit subtract 1 or any way in His M Still : ss can we be of which we c it, whatever we may d : lo on the cont ake us and fearful look at it when we like or refrain from look ae : ¢ I en we find that, just as the Lord takes from us we try tolook at any perticular part of i th : e desire, so He can also at once lose Christ i. Fi se fave d His grace, with the ‘or two years a f things went on like this alt th and it was quite usual for God to gran Welitentaiea tiny!” Eira Te videtnow be rnore a th a oa since He took it from me as a continually recur, a re hoe ae ing favour, by giving 1n fs i n body, and it was thus, t00, something else of I There, _ that I saw Him in the Host, Only occasionally, to lescribe later. Thou y coca higher kind, which I shall h I saw that He was speaking to me, and thove! ‘rengthen me when I was in tribulation, did He experienc sweetness with which He utter eda, Was 08 the Cross and sometime’ those words—sometimes stern words—ith sre °3,i8.the Garden. On a few occasions I saw Him most loy a arin,re thoss i] that some of t ‘oubled me very li x d that my confesso ha