Amiel's Journal: The Journal Intime of Henri-Frédéric Amiel, Volume 2Macmillan, 1905 - 721 pages |
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Page 36
... virtue of a holier , intenser , and more intimate kind than before ; let us see it active in their persons and in their influence , and they will have furnished the proof demanded by the Master : the tree will be judged by its fruits ...
... virtue of a holier , intenser , and more intimate kind than before ; let us see it active in their persons and in their influence , and they will have furnished the proof demanded by the Master : the tree will be judged by its fruits ...
Page 46
... virtue consists in self - conquest . 30th August 1869. Still some chapters of Schopenhauer . Schopenhauer believes in the unchangeableness of innate ten- dencies in the individual , and in the invari- ability of the primitive ...
... virtue consists in self - conquest . 30th August 1869. Still some chapters of Schopenhauer . Schopenhauer believes in the unchangeableness of innate ten- dencies in the individual , and in the invari- ability of the primitive ...
Page 61
... virtue which is evangelical and sexless , there is a virtue of sex . And this virtue of sex is the occasion of mutual teaching , for each of the two incarnations of virtue makes it its business to convert the other , the first preaching ...
... virtue which is evangelical and sexless , there is a virtue of sex . And this virtue of sex is the occasion of mutual teaching , for each of the two incarnations of virtue makes it its business to convert the other , the first preaching ...
Page 85
... Virtue and genius , grace and beauty , will always constitute a noblesse such as no form of government can manufacture . It is of no use , therefore , to excite oneself for or against revolutions which have only an importance of the ...
... Virtue and genius , grace and beauty , will always constitute a noblesse such as no form of government can manufacture . It is of no use , therefore , to excite oneself for or against revolutions which have only an importance of the ...
Page 86
... virtue . The kingdom of God belongs not to the most enlightened but to the best ; and the best man is the most unselfish man . Humble , constant , volun- tary self - sacrifice , this is what constitutes the true dignity of man . And ...
... virtue . The kingdom of God belongs not to the most enlightened but to the best ; and the best man is the most unselfish man . Humble , constant , volun- tary self - sacrifice , this is what constitutes the true dignity of man . And ...
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