Amiel's Journal: The Journal Intime of Henri-Frédéric Amiel, Volume 2 |
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Page 19
... illusion , since faith cannot be entirely resolved into science . The transference , however , of Christianity from the region of history to the region of psychology is the great crav- ing of our time . What we are trying to arrive at ...
... illusion , since faith cannot be entirely resolved into science . The transference , however , of Christianity from the region of history to the region of psychology is the great crav- ing of our time . What we are trying to arrive at ...
Page 20
... of which they are but two special forms . Self- interest is an inexhaustible source of con- venient illusions . The number of beings who wish to see truly is extraordinarily - The small . What governs men is the fear 20 AMIEL'S JOURNAL .
... of which they are but two special forms . Self- interest is an inexhaustible source of con- venient illusions . The number of beings who wish to see truly is extraordinarily - The small . What governs men is the fear 20 AMIEL'S JOURNAL .
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... illusion than upon truth . Each one unwinds his own special reel of hope , and as soon as he has come to the end of it he sits him down to die , and lets his sons and his grandsons begin the same experience over again . We all pursue ...
... illusion than upon truth . Each one unwinds his own special reel of hope , and as soon as he has come to the end of it he sits him down to die , and lets his sons and his grandsons begin the same experience over again . We all pursue ...
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... illusions of youth . But if Universal Being can be felt and loved at the same time as conceived , the philoso- pher may be a religious man just as he may be an artist , an orator , or a citizen . He may attach himself to a worship or ...
... illusions of youth . But if Universal Being can be felt and loved at the same time as conceived , the philoso- pher may be a religious man just as he may be an artist , an orator , or a citizen . He may attach himself to a worship or ...
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... illusion . Such a mode of pro- ceeding has a look of dishonesty ; it is nothing , however , but the good - tempered irony of a highly - cultivated mind , which will neither be ignorant of anything nor duped by anything . It is the ...
... illusion . Such a mode of pro- ceeding has a look of dishonesty ; it is nothing , however , but the good - tempered irony of a highly - cultivated mind , which will neither be ignorant of anything nor duped by anything . It is the ...
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