Amiel's Journal: The Journal Intime of Henri-Frédéric AmielMacmillan, 1893 - 721 pages |
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Page xv
... moral and intellectual physiognomy of their friend , ' while M. Scherer expressly dis- claimed any biographical intentions , and limited his Introduction as far as possible to a study of the character and thought of Amiel . ' The ...
... moral and intellectual physiognomy of their friend , ' while M. Scherer expressly dis- claimed any biographical intentions , and limited his Introduction as far as possible to a study of the character and thought of Amiel . ' The ...
Page xlix
... ? Before we can answer the question we must go back a little and try to realise the intellectual and moral equipment of the young man of twenty - eight , who seemed to ― M. Scherer to have the world at his feet INTRODUCTION . xlix.
... ? Before we can answer the question we must go back a little and try to realise the intellectual and moral equipment of the young man of twenty - eight , who seemed to ― M. Scherer to have the world at his feet INTRODUCTION . xlix.
Page lviii
... moral relations which develop round the first all these ideas intoxicate me sometimes . ' But in vain . ' Reality , the present , the irreparable , the necessary , repel and even terrify me . I have too much imagination , conscience ...
... moral relations which develop round the first all these ideas intoxicate me sometimes . ' But in vain . ' Reality , the present , the irreparable , the necessary , repel and even terrify me . I have too much imagination , conscience ...
Page lxxxv
... moral or philosophical thought : Maurice de Guérin loves her for herself alone , and has found words to describe her influence over him of extraordinary individ- uality and power . But for the rest the story of his inner life has but ...
... moral or philosophical thought : Maurice de Guérin loves her for herself alone , and has found words to describe her influence over him of extraordinary individ- uality and power . But for the rest the story of his inner life has but ...
Page xc
... moral facts of consciousness , as a flower springs from the soil . Conscience and the moral progress of the race , these are his points of departure . Faith in the reality of the moral law is what he clings to when his inherited creed ...
... moral facts of consciousness , as a flower springs from the soil . Conscience and the moral progress of the race , these are his points of departure . Faith in the reality of the moral law is what he clings to when his inherited creed ...
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