Amiel's Journal: The Journal Intime of Henri-Frédéric AmielMacmillan, 1893 - 721 pages |
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Page xxv
... France in 1833 , he did so with a mind full of misgiv- ings as to the political future of the little State which had given him -an exile and a Catholic . so generous a welcome in 1819 . The ideas of 1830 were shaking the fabric and ...
... France in 1833 , he did so with a mind full of misgiv- ings as to the political future of the little State which had given him -an exile and a Catholic . so generous a welcome in 1819 . The ideas of 1830 were shaking the fabric and ...
Page xxix
... France , to rescue Frenchmen from the camp of materialistic or pantheistic ideas , and rally them round that Christian banner which is the banner of true progress and true civilisa- tion . ' The Renaissance is treated as a dis- astrous ...
... France , to rescue Frenchmen from the camp of materialistic or pantheistic ideas , and rally them round that Christian banner which is the banner of true progress and true civilisa- tion . ' The Renaissance is treated as a dis- astrous ...
Page xxxv
... France by Madame de Staël as the natural result of reaction from the eighteenth century and all its ways . ' German systems , German hypotheses , be liefs , and poetry , all were eagerly welcomed as INTRODUCTION . XXXV.
... France by Madame de Staël as the natural result of reaction from the eighteenth century and all its ways . ' German systems , German hypotheses , be liefs , and poetry , all were eagerly welcomed as INTRODUCTION . XXXV.
Page xxxvi
... France continued to study German philoso- phy and poetry with profound veneration and submission . We imitated , translated , compiled , and then again we compiled , translated , imitated . ' The importance of the part played by German ...
... France continued to study German philoso- phy and poetry with profound veneration and submission . We imitated , translated , compiled , and then again we compiled , translated , imitated . ' The importance of the part played by German ...
Page li
... France , what Sainte - Beuve calls the French ' imagination de détail ' would probably have attracted his pliant , responsive nature , and he would have found happy occupation in some one of the innumerable departments of research on ...
... France , what Sainte - Beuve calls the French ' imagination de détail ' would probably have attracted his pliant , responsive nature , and he would have found happy occupation in some one of the innumerable departments of research on ...
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adore æsthetics Amiel Atheism beauty become believe charm Châteaubriand Christianity Church conscience consciousness critical death desire destiny divine doubt dream duty eternal everything evil existence faith feel force France Freethinkers Freethought French friends Geneva Genevese Genghis Khan genius George Sand German give Goethe happiness harmony heart heaven HENRI-FRÉDÉRIC AMIEL hope human idea ideal illusion imagination impression individual infinite inner instinct intellectual Journal Intime justice kind labour Liberal Christianity liberty literary literature contrasted living Madame de Staël Maine de Biran matter melancholy ment mind monad moral mystery nature ness never once one's oneself ourselves passion peace Pensées perfection philosophy poet poetry possess realise reality religion religious Rousseau Sainte-Beuve Scherer Schopenhauer secret seems sense Shibboleth society soul speak spirit talent things thought tion true truth understand universal Victor Cherbuliez Victor Hugo victory whole word writer