Amiel's Journal: The Journal Intime of Henri-Frédéric AmielMacmillan, 1893 - 721 pages |
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Page xxi
... action - the soul petrified by the sentiment of the infinite , in all this I recognise myself . Celui qui a déchiffré le secret de la vie finie , qui en a lu le mot , est sorti du monde des vivants , il est mort de fait . I can feel for ...
... action - the soul petrified by the sentiment of the infinite , in all this I recognise myself . Celui qui a déchiffré le secret de la vie finie , qui en a lu le mot , est sorti du monde des vivants , il est mort de fait . I can feel for ...
Page lv
... action is broken ; his actions are like the actions of a somnambu- list . No doubt to some extent this mood is familiar to all minds endowed with the true speculative genius . The philosopher has always tended to become unfit for ...
... action is broken ; his actions are like the actions of a somnambu- list . No doubt to some extent this mood is familiar to all minds endowed with the true speculative genius . The philosopher has always tended to become unfit for ...
Page lxiii
... action and the realisation of himself , than a vague sense of peril overtakes him . The inner life , with its boundless horizons and its indescribable exaltations , seems endan- gered . Is he not about to place between himself and the ...
... action and the realisation of himself , than a vague sense of peril overtakes him . The inner life , with its boundless horizons and its indescribable exaltations , seems endan- gered . Is he not about to place between himself and the ...
Page lxiv
... action and concrete performance , carries him , as Amiel expresses it , droit au dé- faut , ' and makes him conscious at once of the weak point , the germ of failure in a project or an action . It is another aspect of the same ...
... action and concrete performance , carries him , as Amiel expresses it , droit au dé- faut , ' and makes him conscious at once of the weak point , the germ of failure in a project or an action . It is another aspect of the same ...
Page lxxxvii
... action , whether it was the action of the politician or the social reformer , or merely that steady half - conscious performance of its daily duty which keeps humanity sweet and living , was unfailing . His horizon was not bounded by ...
... action , whether it was the action of the politician or the social reformer , or merely that steady half - conscious performance of its daily duty which keeps humanity sweet and living , was unfailing . His horizon was not bounded by ...
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