Amiel's Journal: The Journal Intime of Henri-Frédéric AmielMacmillan, 1893 - 721 pages |
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Page xxxi
... human tongue cannot truly express , nor human intelligence con- ceive . ' Curious words for a beginner of twenty- one ! There is a touch , no doubt , of youth and fatuity in the passage ; one feels how much the vague sonorous phrases ...
... human tongue cannot truly express , nor human intelligence con- ceive . ' Curious words for a beginner of twenty- one ! There is a touch , no doubt , of youth and fatuity in the passage ; one feels how much the vague sonorous phrases ...
Page liii
... human life , the stranger and the weirder grew the hallucinations of thought . The Journal gives marvellous expression to them I can find no words for what I feel . My consciousness is withdrawn into itself ; I hear my heart beating ...
... human life , the stranger and the weirder grew the hallucinations of thought . The Journal gives marvellous expression to them I can find no words for what I feel . My consciousness is withdrawn into itself ; I hear my heart beating ...
Page liv
... institutions provide any adequate expres- sion ! How is it possible to take seriously what is so manifestly relative and tempo- rary as the various existing forms of human activity ? Above all , how is it possible to liv AMIEL'S JOURNAL .
... institutions provide any adequate expres- sion ! How is it possible to take seriously what is so manifestly relative and tempo- rary as the various existing forms of human activity ? Above all , how is it possible to liv AMIEL'S JOURNAL .
Page lv
... human animal towards healthy move- ment and a normal play of function , never very strong in him , was gradually weakened and destroyed by an untoward combination of circumstance . The low health from which he suffered more or less from ...
... human animal towards healthy move- ment and a normal play of function , never very strong in him , was gradually weakened and destroyed by an untoward combination of circumstance . The low health from which he suffered more or less from ...
Page lvi
... human motives lost their force , what he calls the Buddhist tendency in me ' gathered strength year by year , until , like some strange mis- growth , it had absorbed the whole energies and drained the innermost life - blood of the ...
... human motives lost their force , what he calls the Buddhist tendency in me ' gathered strength year by year , until , like some strange mis- growth , it had absorbed the whole energies and drained the innermost life - blood of the ...
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adore ćsthetics 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