1843—
On Beethoven
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“no golden Plato is anything to me compared with thee [...] Beethoven's adoration for Plato's "Republic”
Fuller, Margaret. "On Beethoven." Houghton Library, Harvard University.
WorkPlato
The Republic
The Republic (c. 380 BCE)
Plato (c. 428 BCE–c. 348 BCE) · c. 380 BCE
AnalyzedReadMentioned
Documented 1843–1845
Books • Manuscripts
Selected engagements, in chronological order.
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Reprints, Memoirs passages, and repeat notes within a single manuscript are shown but never counted twice. Evidence for this work is selective, not exhaustive. Methodology →
Confirmed reading
Passages where the evidence goes beyond allusion to indicate that Fuller had this work in hand — an explicit statement of reading, sustained excerpting or translation, or a specific reading episode recorded by those who knew her.
- undatedRepublicDemonstrated
“As I was steeped in the divine tenth book of the Republic, came ----'s letter...”
Mem-2 Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli
Explicit statement 'I was steeped in the divine tenth book of the Republic' documents active reading.
When Fuller engaged with this work
1845—
Woman in the Nineteenth Century
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“Plato sometimes seems penetrated by that high idea of love, which considers man and woman as the two-fold expression of one thought...”
Fuller, Margaret. Woman in the Nineteenth Century. New York: Greeley & McElrath, 1845.