Amiel's Journal: The Journal Intimé of Henri Frédéric Amiel, Tr., with an Introducion and Notes |
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Page 56
... truth may have been pene- trated and possessed in all these ways , and escape us still . Deeper even than consciousness there is our being itself , Our very substance , our nature . Only those truths . which have entered into this last ...
... truth may have been pene- trated and possessed in all these ways , and escape us still . Deeper even than consciousness there is our being itself , Our very substance , our nature . Only those truths . which have entered into this last ...
Page 120
... Truth above all , even when it upsets and overwhelms us ! But what I believe is that the highest idea we can conceive of the principle of things will be the truest , and that the truest truth is that which makes man the most wholly good ...
... Truth above all , even when it upsets and overwhelms us ! But what I believe is that the highest idea we can conceive of the principle of things will be the truest , and that the truest truth is that which makes man the most wholly good ...
Page 305
... truth is very little practiced ; it scarcely exists , because there is no personal humility , nor even any love of truth among us . We are covetous enough of such knowledge as may furnish weapons to our hand or tongue , as may serve our ...
... truth is very little practiced ; it scarcely exists , because there is no personal humility , nor even any love of truth among us . We are covetous enough of such knowledge as may furnish weapons to our hand or tongue , as may serve our ...
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