Amiel's Journal: The Journal Intime of Henri-Frédéric AmielMacmillan, 1893 - 721 pages |
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Page lxxxix
... religion . Religion , Amiel de- clares again and again , cannot be replaced by philosophy . The redemption of the in- telligence is not the redemption of the heart . The philosopher and critic may succeed in demonstrating that the ...
... religion . Religion , Amiel de- clares again and again , cannot be replaced by philosophy . The redemption of the in- telligence is not the redemption of the heart . The philosopher and critic may succeed in demonstrating that the ...
Page xci
... religious conscious- ness seizes on this intellectual deduction , and clothes it in language of the heart , in the tender and beautiful language of faith . ' There ... Religion is not a method : it is a life- -a higher and INTRODUCTION . xci.
... religious conscious- ness seizes on this intellectual deduction , and clothes it in language of the heart , in the tender and beautiful language of faith . ' There ... Religion is not a method : it is a life- -a higher and INTRODUCTION . xci.
Page xciii
... religion of the new birth and of eternal life , is not a religion to be ashamed of . ' The world has found inspiration and guid- ance for eighteen centuries in the religious consciousness of Jesus . ' The Gospel has modified the world ...
... religion of the new birth and of eternal life , is not a religion to be ashamed of . ' The world has found inspiration and guid- ance for eighteen centuries in the religious consciousness of Jesus . ' The Gospel has modified the world ...
Page xciv
... religion which by instinct and inheritance he loves ; he makes no compromise with dogma or with miracle . Beyond the religions of the present he sees always the essential religion , which lasts when all local forms and marvels have ...
... religion which by instinct and inheritance he loves ; he makes no compromise with dogma or with miracle . Beyond the religions of the present he sees always the essential religion , which lasts when all local forms and marvels have ...
Page 10
... religion . In Montes- quieu , the art , if there is any , lies not in the words but in the matter . The words run freely and lightly , but the thought is self - conscious . Each bud flowers but once and each flower has but its minute of ...
... religion . In Montes- quieu , the art , if there is any , lies not in the words but in the matter . The words run freely and lightly , but the thought is self - conscious . Each bud flowers but once and each flower has but its minute of ...
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