Amiel's Journal: The Journal Intime of Henri Frédéric Amiel, Volumes 1-2Macmillan, 1913 |
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Page xv
... moral and intellectual physiognomy of their friend , ' while M. Scherer expressly dis- claimed any biographical intentions , and limited his Introduction as far as possible to a study of the character and thought of Amiel . ' The ...
... moral and intellectual physiognomy of their friend , ' while M. Scherer expressly dis- claimed any biographical intentions , and limited his Introduction as far as possible to a study of the character and thought of Amiel . ' The ...
Page xxi
... moral , as Amiel . In your pathetic description of the volonté qui voudrait vou- loir , mais impuissante à se fournir à elle- même des motifs , of the repugnance for all action the soul petrified by the sentiment of the infinite , in ...
... moral , as Amiel . In your pathetic description of the volonté qui voudrait vou- loir , mais impuissante à se fournir à elle- même des motifs , of the repugnance for all action the soul petrified by the sentiment of the infinite , in ...
Page lviii
... moral relations which develop round the first - all these ideas intoxicate me sometimes . ' But in vain . 6 Reality , the present , the irreparable , the necessary , repel and even terrify me . I have too much imagination , conscience ...
... moral relations which develop round the first - all these ideas intoxicate me sometimes . ' But in vain . 6 Reality , the present , the irreparable , the necessary , repel and even terrify me . I have too much imagination , conscience ...
Page lxxxix
... moral sense which is at the root of individual and national life . ! The Journal is full , indeed , of this note of personal religion . Religion , Amiel de- clares again and again , cannot be replaced by philosophy . The redemption of ...
... moral sense which is at the root of individual and national life . ! The Journal is full , indeed , of this note of personal religion . Religion , Amiel de- clares again and again , cannot be replaced by philosophy . The redemption of ...
Page xc
... moral facts of consciousness , as a flower springs from the soil . Conscience and the moral progress of the race , these are his points of departure . Faith in the reality of the moral law is what he clings to when his inherited creed ...
... moral facts of consciousness , as a flower springs from the soil . Conscience and the moral progress of the race , these are his points of departure . Faith in the reality of the moral law is what he clings to when his inherited creed ...
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