Amiel's Journal: The Journal Intime of Henri-Frédéric Amiel, Volume 2Macmillan, 1905 - 721 pages |
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Page 8
... existence , shall I ever be able to reascend into the region of pure intelligence , to enter again upon the disin- terested and impersonal life , to recover my old indifference towards subjective miseries , and regain a purely ...
... existence , shall I ever be able to reascend into the region of pure intelligence , to enter again upon the disin- terested and impersonal life , to recover my old indifference towards subjective miseries , and regain a purely ...
Page 25
... existence , and the futility of our ambitions , filled me with a quiet dis- gust . From regret to disenchantment I floated on to Buddhism , to universal weari- ness . Ah , the hope of a blessed immor- tality would be better worth having ...
... existence , and the futility of our ambitions , filled me with a quiet dis- gust . From regret to disenchantment I floated on to Buddhism , to universal weari- ness . Ah , the hope of a blessed immor- tality would be better worth having ...
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... existence of being itself . The common faith of humanity has assumed the victory of good over evil . But if good consists not in the result of victory , but in victory itself , then good implies an inces- sant and infinite contest ...
... existence of being itself . The common faith of humanity has assumed the victory of good over evil . But if good consists not in the result of victory , but in victory itself , then good implies an inces- sant and infinite contest ...
Page 40
... existence which wears itself out in maintaining a first an- tagonism , or a first blunder . The greater a man's intellectual power , the more danger- ous is it for him to make a false start and to begin life badly . 20th July 1869. — I ...
... existence which wears itself out in maintaining a first an- tagonism , or a first blunder . The greater a man's intellectual power , the more danger- ous is it for him to make a false start and to begin life badly . 20th July 1869. — I ...
Page 52
... existence and makes life tol- erable to us , then existence is a snare and life an evil . Like the Greek Annikeris , we - ought to counsel suicide , or rather with Buddha 52 AMIEL'S JOURNAL .
... existence and makes life tol- erable to us , then existence is a snare and life an evil . Like the Greek Annikeris , we - ought to counsel suicide , or rather with Buddha 52 AMIEL'S JOURNAL .
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