Amiel's Journal: The Journal Intime of Henri-Frédéric AmielMacmillan, 1893 - 721 pages |
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Page xxxv
... universal , more fruitful in conse- quences of every sort and bearing , more capable of transforming and remaking everything presented to it , has arisen dur- ing the last three hundred years . Like the spirit of the Renaissance and of ...
... universal , more fruitful in conse- quences of every sort and bearing , more capable of transforming and remaking everything presented to it , has arisen dur- ing the last three hundred years . Like the spirit of the Renaissance and of ...
Page lv
... universal knowledge , of absolute being , has once dawned on the dazzled beholder ? The charm and the savour of everything relative and phenomenal is gone . A man may go on talking , teaching , writing — but the spring of personal ...
... universal knowledge , of absolute being , has once dawned on the dazzled beholder ? The charm and the savour of everything relative and phenomenal is gone . A man may go on talking , teaching , writing — but the spring of personal ...
Page lix
... universal knowledge . ' Led by his passion for the whole , ' says M. Scherer , Amiel offered his hearers , not so much a series of positive teachings , as an index of subjects , a framework — what the Germans call a Schematismus . The ...
... universal knowledge . ' Led by his passion for the whole , ' says M. Scherer , Amiel offered his hearers , not so much a series of positive teachings , as an index of subjects , a framework — what the Germans call a Schematismus . The ...
Page lxiii
... universal life , is sometimes enough to make me forget every desire and to quench in me both the wish to produce and the power to execute . ' It is the result of what he himself calls ' l'éblouissement de l'infini . ' He no sooner makes ...
... universal life , is sometimes enough to make me forget every desire and to quench in me both the wish to produce and the power to execute . ' It is the result of what he himself calls ' l'éblouissement de l'infini . ' He no sooner makes ...
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... even death . Only be at peace with self , live in the presence of God , in communion with Him , and leave the guidance of existence to those universal powers against whom thou canst do noth- - mc -- ing i . If death gives me time I.
... even death . Only be at peace with self , live in the presence of God , in communion with Him , and leave the guidance of existence to those universal powers against whom thou canst do noth- - mc -- ing i . If death gives me time I.
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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