Amiel's Journal: The Journal Intime of Henri-Frédéric AmielMacmillan, 1893 - 721 pages |
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Page xv
... possible to a study of the character and thought of Amiel . ' The contents of the volume , then , were purely literary and philosophical ; its prevailing tone was a tone of introspection , and the public which can admit the claims and ...
... possible to a study of the character and thought of Amiel . ' The contents of the volume , then , were purely literary and philosophical ; its prevailing tone was a tone of introspection , and the public which can admit the claims and ...
Page xxiii
... possible . * Henri Frédéric Amiel was born at Geneva in September 1821. He belonged to one of the emigrant families , of which a more or less steady supply had enriched the little Republic during the three centuries follow- ing the ...
... possible . * Henri Frédéric Amiel was born at Geneva in September 1821. He belonged to one of the emigrant families , of which a more or less steady supply had enriched the little Republic during the three centuries follow- ing the ...
Page liv
... 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 .
... 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
... possible to take oneself seriously , to spend one's thought on the petty interests of a petty individuality , when the beatific vision of universal knowledge , of absolute being , has once dawned on the dazzled beholder ? The charm and ...
... possible to take oneself seriously , to spend one's thought on the petty interests of a petty individuality , when the beatific vision of universal knowledge , of absolute being , has once dawned on the dazzled beholder ? The charm and ...
Page lxii
... understand - all these are possible to me if only I may be dis- pensed from willing I have a sort of primitive horror of ambition , of struggle , of - hatred , of all which dissipates the soul and makes lxii AMIEL'S JOURNAL .
... understand - all these are possible to me if only I may be dis- pensed from willing I have a sort of primitive horror of ambition , of struggle , of - hatred , of all which dissipates the soul and makes lxii AMIEL'S JOURNAL .
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