Amiel's Journal: The Journal Intime of Henri Frédéric Amiel, Volumes 1-2Macmillan, 1913 |
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Page xvii
... principles , per- haps the greatest principle , at the root of literature . M. Scherer naturally was the first among the recognised guides of opinion to attempt the placing of his friend's Jour- nal . The man who , during his lifetime ...
... principles , per- haps the greatest principle , at the root of literature . M. Scherer naturally was the first among the recognised guides of opinion to attempt the placing of his friend's Jour- nal . The man who , during his lifetime ...
Page xci
... principle of things , which cannot be inferior to man , must be good . ' And then the religious conscious- ness seizes on this intellectual deduction , and clothes it in language of the heart , in the tender and beautiful language of ...
... principle of things , which cannot be inferior to man , must be good . ' And then the religious conscious- ness seizes on this intellectual deduction , and clothes it in language of the heart , in the tender and beautiful language of ...
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... principle of their religion , and intellect is the climax of man . Their relig- ion , then , is the religion of intellect . There you have the two worlds : Christianity brings and preaches salvation by the con- version of the will ...
... principle of their religion , and intellect is the climax of man . Their relig- ion , then , is the religion of intellect . There you have the two worlds : Christianity brings and preaches salvation by the con- version of the will ...
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... principle , the germ of eternal life . To love is virtually to know ; to know is not virtually to love ; there you have the relation of these two modes of man . The redemption wrought by science or by intellectual love is then inferior ...
... principle , the germ of eternal life . To love is virtually to know ; to know is not virtually to love ; there you have the relation of these two modes of man . The redemption wrought by science or by intellectual love is then inferior ...
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... principle of tact , and re- spect for others the first condition of savoir- vivre . He who is silent is forgotten ; he who abstains is taken at his word ; he who does not advance , falls back ; he who stops is overwhelmed , distanced ...
... principle of tact , and re- spect for others the first condition of savoir- vivre . He who is silent is forgotten ; he who abstains is taken at his word ; he who does not advance , falls back ; he who stops is overwhelmed , distanced ...
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