Amiel's Journal: The Journal Intime of Henri-Frédéric Amiel, Volume 2 |
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Page 40
... critic neither concludes nor excludes ; his pleasure is to understand without believing , and to profit by the results of enthusiasm , while still maintaining a free mind , unem- barrassed by illusion . Such a mode of pro- ceeding has a ...
... critic neither concludes nor excludes ; his pleasure is to understand without believing , and to profit by the results of enthusiasm , while still maintaining a free mind , unem- barrassed by illusion . Such a mode of pro- ceeding has a ...
Page 51
... critics and the last representative of the epoch of literary taste , the future belong- ing to the bookmakers and ... critic acts as a fulcrum for all the world . He represents the public judgment , that is to say the public reason ...
... critics and the last representative of the epoch of literary taste , the future belong- ing to the bookmakers and ... critic acts as a fulcrum for all the world . He represents the public judgment , that is to say the public reason ...
Page 52
... critic rises to the true height of his literary priesthood , or , to put it less pompously , of his social function . By then only can he hope for insight into all the modes of being , and for mastery of all pos- sible shades of ...
... critic rises to the true height of his literary priesthood , or , to put it less pompously , of his social function . By then only can he hope for insight into all the modes of being , and for mastery of all pos- sible shades of ...
Page 107
... critics of our time call the modern spirit ; ' and only one tendency of the modern spirit- the wor- ship of nature . For Goethe stands outside all the social and political aspirations of the generality of mankind ; he takes no more ...
... critics of our time call the modern spirit ; ' and only one tendency of the modern spirit- the wor- ship of nature . For Goethe stands outside all the social and political aspirations of the generality of mankind ; he takes no more ...
Page 197
... critic and the philosopher who can pene- trate into all states of being , and realise their life from within . When the imagination shrinks in fear from the phantoms which it creates , it may be excused because it is imagination . But ...
... critic and the philosopher who can pene- trate into all states of being , and realise their life from within . When the imagination shrinks in fear from the phantoms which it creates , it may be excused because it is imagination . But ...
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