Amiel's Journal: The Journal Intime of Henri-Frédéric Amiel, Volume 2Macmillan, 1905 - 721 pages |
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Page 7
... wisdom . I have seen the hawthorns covering them- selves with blossom , and the whole valley springing up afresh under the breath of the spring . I have been the spectator of faults of conduct on the part of old men who will not grow ...
... wisdom . I have seen the hawthorns covering them- selves with blossom , and the whole valley springing up afresh under the breath of the spring . I have been the spectator of faults of conduct on the part of old men who will not grow ...
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... wisdom , and especially those of Platonism . Neither its doctrine nor its morality , as they have been historically developed , are new or spontaneous . What is essential and original in it is the practical demonstration that the human ...
... wisdom , and especially those of Platonism . Neither its doctrine nor its morality , as they have been historically developed , are new or spontaneous . What is essential and original in it is the practical demonstration that the human ...
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... wisdom , but that of the divine will . In religious matters it is holiness which gives authority ; it is love , or the power of devo- tion and sacrifice , which goes to the heart , which moves and persuades . What all religious ...
... wisdom , but that of the divine will . In religious matters it is holiness which gives authority ; it is love , or the power of devo- tion and sacrifice , which goes to the heart , which moves and persuades . What all religious ...
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... their own pride . Both suffered greatly , and died isolated , repudiated , and reviled . Men of magnificent talents , both of them , but men of small wisdom , who did more harm than good to themselves and to others ! It AMIEL'S JOURNAL .
... their own pride . Both suffered greatly , and died isolated , repudiated , and reviled . Men of magnificent talents , both of them , but men of small wisdom , who did more harm than good to themselves and to others ! It AMIEL'S JOURNAL .
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... wisdom . This element in us is the root of all sin - das radicale Böse of Kant . The independence which is the condition of individuality is at the same time the eternal temptation of the individual . That which makes us be- ings makes ...
... wisdom . This element in us is the root of all sin - das radicale Böse of Kant . The independence which is the condition of individuality is at the same time the eternal temptation of the individual . That which makes us be- ings makes ...
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