Amiel's Journal: The Journal Intime of Henri-Frédéric Amiel, Volume 2 |
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Page 8
... mind ? Shall I ever suc- ceed in forgetting all the needs which bind me to earth and to humanity ? Shall I ever become pure spirit ? Alas ! I cannot persuade myself to believe it possible for an instant . I see infirmity and weakness ...
... mind ? Shall I ever suc- ceed in forgetting all the needs which bind me to earth and to humanity ? Shall I ever become pure spirit ? Alas ! I cannot persuade myself to believe it possible for an instant . I see infirmity and weakness ...
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... mind , rather than a free mind . Not only is he dogmatic , but he dogmatises in favour of a given religion , to which his whole allegiance is pledged . Besides , Christianity , being an X which each church defines in its own way , the ...
... mind , rather than a free mind . Not only is he dogmatic , but he dogmatises in favour of a given religion , to which his whole allegiance is pledged . Besides , Christianity , being an X which each church defines in its own way , the ...
Page 30
... mind against the Buddhist nihilism , because a man's system of con- duct is diametrically opposite according as he labours to increase his life or to lessen it , according as he aims at cultivating his faculties or at systematically ...
... mind against the Buddhist nihilism , because a man's system of con- duct is diametrically opposite according as he labours to increase his life or to lessen it , according as he aims at cultivating his faculties or at systematically ...
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... minds which are already tending towards change to perceive new objects and goals for thought . Only that which is replaced is destroyed , and an ideal is only replaced by satisfying the conditions of the old with some advantages over ...
... minds which are already tending towards change to perceive new objects and goals for thought . Only that which is replaced is destroyed , and an ideal is only replaced by satisfying the conditions of the old with some advantages over ...
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... ever the rock of Sisyphus , and to feel that slow wearing away of the mind which befalls the man whose vocation A and destiny are in perpetual conflict . Christian heart AMIEL'S JOURNAL . 41 duped by anything. It is the dilettanteism ...
... ever the rock of Sisyphus , and to feel that slow wearing away of the mind which befalls the man whose vocation A and destiny are in perpetual conflict . Christian heart AMIEL'S JOURNAL . 41 duped by anything. It is the dilettanteism ...
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