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Page 100
... monad isolates itself from all the subordi- nate monads , that it may consider them , and finds its harmony again in itself . Health is the perfect balance between our organism , with all its component parts , and the outer world ; it ...
... monad isolates itself from all the subordi- nate monads , that it may consider them , and finds its harmony again in itself . Health is the perfect balance between our organism , with all its component parts , and the outer world ; it ...
Page 101
... monad return into its envelope , that is to say , into pure spontaneity , or even into the dark abyss of virtuality ? I hope not . The kingdom passes ; the king remains ; or rather is it the royalty alone which sub- sists , that is to ...
... monad return into its envelope , that is to say , into pure spontaneity , or even into the dark abyss of virtuality ? I hope not . The kingdom passes ; the king remains ; or rather is it the royalty alone which sub- sists , that is to ...
Page 102
The Journal Intime of Henri-Frédéric Amiel Henri Frédéric Amiel. monad . Its independence must be a mobile and increasing quantity between zero and the infinite , without ever reaching either completeness or nullity , for the monad can ...
The Journal Intime of Henri-Frédéric Amiel Henri Frédéric Amiel. monad . Its independence must be a mobile and increasing quantity between zero and the infinite , without ever reaching either completeness or nullity , for the monad can ...
Page 144
... monad has but one law : all truths are but the variation of one single truth . The universe represents the infinite wealth of the Spirit seeking in vain to exhaust all possibilities , and the goodness of the Creator , who would fain ...
... monad has but one law : all truths are but the variation of one single truth . The universe represents the infinite wealth of the Spirit seeking in vain to exhaust all possibilities , and the goodness of the Creator , who would fain ...
Page 206
... monad -a nothing which knows itself to be the microscopic phantom of the universe : this is all we can ever attain to . 12th September 1876. - What is your own particular absurdity ? Why , simply that you exhaust yourself 206 AMIEL'S ...
... monad -a nothing which knows itself to be the microscopic phantom of the universe : this is all we can ever attain to . 12th September 1876. - What is your own particular absurdity ? Why , simply that you exhaust yourself 206 AMIEL'S ...
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