Amiel's Journal: The Journal Intime of Henri-Frédéric AmielMacmillan, 1893 - 721 pages |
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Page xxi
... 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- cibly the truth of this , as it applies to my ...
... 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- cibly the truth of this , as it applies to my ...
Page lii
... infinite ; for the soul except in the divine . Nothing finite is true , is interesting , is worthy to fix my attention . All that is particular is exclusive , and all that is exclusive repels me . There is noth- ing non - exclusive but ...
... infinite ; for the soul except in the divine . Nothing finite is true , is interesting , is worthy to fix my attention . All that is particular is exclusive , and all that is exclusive repels me . There is noth- ing non - exclusive but ...
Page liv
... infinite , or the various forms and consequences of that deadening of personality which the abstract processes of thought tend to produce . But it is easy to understand that a man in whom experiences of this kind become habitual is ...
... infinite , or the various forms and consequences of that deadening of personality which the abstract processes of thought tend to produce . But it is easy to understand that a man in whom experiences of this kind become habitual is ...
Page lxxvii
... infinite aspiration , moral passion , that straining hope of something beyond , which is the life of the religious soul- -they are all here , and the Dernier Mot with which the sad little volume ends is poor Amiel's epitaph on himself ...
... infinite aspiration , moral passion , that straining hope of something beyond , which is the life of the religious soul- -they are all here , and the Dernier Mot with which the sad little volume ends is poor Amiel's epitaph on himself ...
Page lxxxvi
... infinite and the unknowable , and its rela- tion towards the visible universe which con- ditions it which is the real subject of the Journal Intime . There are few elements of our present life which , in a greater or less degree , are ...
... infinite and the unknowable , and its rela- tion towards the visible universe which con- ditions it which is the real subject of the Journal Intime . There are few elements of our present life which , in a greater or less degree , are ...
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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