Amiel's Journal: The Journal Intime of Henri Frédéric Amiel, Volumes 1-2 |
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Page xiv
... philosopher for whom the things of the soul were the sovereign realities of existence . ' Thus modestly announced , the little vol- ume made its quiet début . It contained nothing , or almost nothing , of ordinary biographical material ...
... philosopher for whom the things of the soul were the sovereign realities of existence . ' Thus modestly announced , the little vol- ume made its quiet début . It contained nothing , or almost nothing , of ordinary biographical material ...
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... philosopher has always tended to become unfit for practical life ; his unfitness , indeed , is one of the comic motives , so to speak , of literature . But a mood which , in the great majority of thinkers , is intermittent , and is ...
... philosopher has always tended to become unfit for practical life ; his unfitness , indeed , is one of the comic motives , so to speak , of literature . But a mood which , in the great majority of thinkers , is intermittent , and is ...
Page lxx
... philosopher , the cosmopolitan , threw himself ardently on to the side of the oppo- nents of separation , and rejoiced in their victory . A large proportion of his poems deal with national subjects . He was one of the first members of L ...
... philosopher , the cosmopolitan , threw himself ardently on to the side of the oppo- nents of separation , and rejoiced in their victory . A large proportion of his poems deal with national subjects . He was one of the first members of L ...
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... philosopher and critic may succeed in demonstrating that the various definite forms into which the religious thought of man has thrown itself through- out history are not absolute truth , but only the temporary creations of a need which ...
... philosopher and critic may succeed in demonstrating that the various definite forms into which the religious thought of man has thrown itself through- out history are not absolute truth , but only the temporary creations of a need which ...
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... philosopher , a critic of remarkable gifts , endowed with exquisite sensibility , but , as an intelligence , destitute of the capacity for co - ordination . He wants concentration and continuity . It is not that he has no claims to be ...
... philosopher , a critic of remarkable gifts , endowed with exquisite sensibility , but , as an intelligence , destitute of the capacity for co - ordination . He wants concentration and continuity . It is not that he has no claims to be ...
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