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Angelus Silesius

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[si-lee-shee-uhs, -zhee-uhs, sahy-] / sɪˈli ʃi əs, -ʒi əs, saɪ- /

noun

  1. Johannes Scheffler, 1627–77, German poet.


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He is everlasting life, which Angelus Silesius forgets when he says: 'God is without will.'

From Memories A Story of German Love by Müller, F. Max (Friedrich Max)

Therefore the poet may just as well sing of voluptuousness as of mysticism, be Anacreon or Angelus Silesius, write tragedies or comedies, represent the sublime or the common mind—according to humour or vocation.

From The World As Will And Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) by Schopenhauer, Arthur

To ignore Angelus Silesius, Paul Gerhardt, Albert Knapp, Philip Spitta and their glorious compeers, would be to silence a choir that sang the praises of the Lord "in notes almost divine."

From The Lutherans of New York Their Story and Their Problems by Wenner, George

"Ich bin so gross als Gott," sings Angelus Silesius again, "Er ist als ich so klein; Er kann nicht uber mich, ich unter ihm nicht sein."

From Varieties of Religious Experience, a Study in Human Nature by James, William

At this time he took the name of Angelus Silesius, probably after a Spanish mystic named John ab Angelis.

From The Story of Our Hymns by Ryden, Ernest Edwin

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