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... universe encompasses and swallows me as an atom . Man is but a reed , weakest in nature , but a reed which thinks . A thinking reed . It needs not that the whole universe should arm to crush him . A vapor , a drop of water is enough to ...
... universe encompasses and swallows me as an atom . Man is but a reed , weakest in nature , but a reed which thinks . A thinking reed . It needs not that the whole universe should arm to crush him . A vapor , a drop of water is enough to ...
Page 78
... universe is represented in our religions as having a personal form . The universe is no longer a mere It , but a Thou , if we are religious ; and any relation that may be possible from person to person might be possible here . We feel ...
... universe is represented in our religions as having a personal form . The universe is no longer a mere It , but a Thou , if we are religious ; and any relation that may be possible from person to person might be possible here . We feel ...
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... universe , and outside of his opinion things have no moral character at all . In such a universe as we have supposed , it would be absurd to ask whether the solitary thinker's judgments of good and evil are true or false . Truth ...
... universe , and outside of his opinion things have no moral character at all . In such a universe as we have supposed , it would be absurd to ask whether the solitary thinker's judgments of good and evil are true or false . Truth ...
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