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Page x
... action - the soul petrified by the sentiment of the infinite , in all this I recognise myself . Celui qui a déchiffré le secret de la vie finie , qui en a lu le mot , est sorti du monde des vivants , il est mort de fait . I can feel ...
... action - the soul petrified by the sentiment of the infinite , in all this I recognise myself . Celui qui a déchiffré le secret de la vie finie , qui en a lu le mot , est sorti du monde des vivants , il est mort de fait . I can feel ...
Page xxv
... action is broken ; his actions are like the actions of a somnambulist . But No doubt to some extent this mood is familiar to all minds en- dowed with the true speculative genius . The philosopher has always tended to become unfit for ...
... action is broken ; his actions are like the actions of a somnambulist . But No doubt to some extent this mood is familiar to all minds en- dowed with the true speculative genius . The philosopher has always tended to become unfit for ...
Page xxviii
... action and the realisation of himself , than a vague sense of peril overtakes him . The inner life , with its boundless horizons and its indescribable exaltations , seems endangered . Is he not about to place between himself and the ...
... action and the realisation of himself , than a vague sense of peril overtakes him . The inner life , with its boundless horizons and its indescribable exaltations , seems endangered . Is he not about to place between himself and the ...
Page xxix
... action and concrete performance , carries him , as Amiel expresses it , ' droit au défaut , ' and makes him conscious at once of the weak point , the germ of failure in a project or an action . It is another aspect of the same ...
... action and concrete performance , carries him , as Amiel expresses it , ' droit au défaut , ' and makes him conscious at once of the weak point , the germ of failure in a project or an action . It is another aspect of the same ...
Page xxxix
... action , whether it was the action of the politician or the social reformer , or merely that steady half - conscious performance of its daily duty which keeps humanity sweet and living , was unfailing . His horizon was not bounded by ...
... action , whether it was the action of the politician or the social reformer , or merely that steady half - conscious performance of its daily duty which keeps humanity sweet and living , was unfailing . His horizon was not bounded by ...
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Amiel's Journal: The Journal Intime of Henri-Frederic Amiel - Primary Source ... Henri édéric Amiel,Humphry Ward No preview available - 2014 |
Amiel's Journal: The Journal Intime of Henri Frederic Amiel Henri-Frederic Amiel No preview available - 2016 |
Amiel's Journal: The Journal Intime of Henri-Frédéric Amiel Henri Frederic Amiel,Humphry Ward No preview available - 2018 |
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action adoration Amiel beauty become believe charm Châteaubriand Christianity conscience consciousness critical death desire destiny divine doubt dream duty eternal everything evil existence eyes faith feel force French friends Geneva Genevese George Sand German give Goethe grief happiness harmony heart heaven HENRI-FRÉDÉRIC AMIEL hope human idea ideal illusion imagination impression individual infinite inner instinct intellectual intelligence Journal Intime justice kind labour liberal Christianity liberty literary living Madame de Staël Maine de Biran matter Maurice de Guérin melancholy mind MISS BRETHERTON monad moral Mozart mystery nature ness never once one's oneself ourselves pantheism passion peace perfect philosopher poetry possess principle Protestantism pure realise reality religion religious Sainte-Beuve Scherer Schopenhauer secret seems sense society soul speak spirit suffering talent things thought tion true truth understand universal Victor Cherbuliez Victor Hugo whole words