Amiel's Journal: The Journal Intime of Henri-Frédéric AmielMacmillan, 1893 - 721 pages |
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Page xiv
... experience . The publication of this volume is the fulfil- ment of this desire . The reader will find in it , not a volume of Memoirs , but the con- fidences of a solitary thinker , the medita- tions of a philosopher for whom the things ...
... experience . The publication of this volume is the fulfil- ment of this desire . The reader will find in it , not a volume of Memoirs , but the con- fidences of a solitary thinker , the medita- tions of a philosopher for whom the things ...
Page xxi
... experience . I say unique , but I can vouch that there is in existence at least one other soul which has lived through the same struggles , men- tal and moral , as Amiel . In your pathetic description of the volonté qui voudrait vou ...
... experience . I say unique , but I can vouch that there is in existence at least one other soul which has lived through the same struggles , men- tal and moral , as Amiel . In your pathetic description of the volonté qui voudrait vou ...
Page xxvii
... experiences of the same kind have followed each other in his intellectual experience , yet none has effaced the deep impression made upon him by these lectures . Coming as they did at a favourable moment , and answering many a positive ...
... experiences of the same kind have followed each other in his intellectual experience , yet none has effaced the deep impression made upon him by these lectures . Coming as they did at a favourable moment , and answering many a positive ...
Page xxxii
... experiences . ' This fact , indeed , -- I have seen much We of a wide and varied personal experience , must xxxii AMIEL'S JOURNAL .
... experiences . ' This fact , indeed , -- I have seen much We of a wide and varied personal experience , must xxxii AMIEL'S JOURNAL .
Page xxxiii
... experience , must never be forgotten in any critical esti- mate of Amiel as a man or writer . may so easily conceive him as a sedentary professor , with the ordinary professorial knowledge , or rather ignorance , of men and the world ...
... experience , must never be forgotten in any critical esti- mate of Amiel as a man or writer . may so easily conceive him as a sedentary professor , with the ordinary professorial knowledge , or rather ignorance , of men and the world ...
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