Amiel's Journal: The Journal Intime of Henri-Frédéric AmielMacmillan, 1893 - 721 pages |
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Page 7
... Christians . The person of Christ is the centre of it . Redemption , eternal life , divinity , humanity ... Christianity , if it is to triumph over pan- theism , must absorb it . To our pusillani- mous eyes Jesus would have ...
... Christians . The person of Christ is the centre of it . Redemption , eternal life , divinity , humanity ... Christianity , if it is to triumph over pan- theism , must absorb it . To our pusillani- mous eyes Jesus would have ...
Page 23
... Christianity brings and preaches salvation by the con- version of the will , humanism by the emancipation of the mind . One attacks the heart , the other the brain . Both wish to enable man to reach his ideal . But the ideal differs ...
... Christianity brings and preaches salvation by the con- version of the will , humanism by the emancipation of the mind . One attacks the heart , the other the brain . Both wish to enable man to reach his ideal . But the ideal differs ...
Page 25
... Christianity of an outer shell , which has become super- fluous ; but Ruge and Feuerbach cannot save humanity . She must have her saints and her heroes to complete the work of her philosophers . Science is the power of man , and love ...
... Christianity of an outer shell , which has become super- fluous ; but Ruge and Feuerbach cannot save humanity . She must have her saints and her heroes to complete the work of her philosophers . Science is the power of man , and love ...
Page 32
... Christianity , in an age , when some put it , so to speak , above man , and others below man ! Finally , as a peroration , he dwelt upon the neces- sity for a new people , for a stronger gener- ation , if the world is to be saved from ...
... Christianity , in an age , when some put it , so to speak , above man , and others below man ! Finally , as a peroration , he dwelt upon the neces- sity for a new people , for a stronger gener- ation , if the world is to be saved from ...
Page 44
... Christianity . My religious needs are not satisfied any more than my social needs , or my needs of affection . Generally I am able to forget them and lull them to sleep . But at times they wake up with a sort of painful bitterness ...
... Christianity . My religious needs are not satisfied any more than my social needs , or my needs of affection . Generally I am able to forget them and lull them to sleep . But at times they wake up with a sort of painful bitterness ...
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adore æsthetics Amiel Atheism beauty become believe charm Châteaubriand Christianity Church conscience consciousness critical death desire destiny divine doubt dream duty eternal everything evil existence faith feel force France Freethinkers Freethought French friends Geneva Genevese Genghis Khan genius George Sand German give Goethe happiness harmony heart heaven HENRI-FRÉDÉRIC AMIEL hope human idea ideal illusion imagination impression individual infinite inner instinct intellectual Journal Intime justice kind labour Liberal Christianity liberty literary literature contrasted living Madame de Staël Maine de Biran matter melancholy ment mind monad moral mystery nature ness never once one's oneself ourselves passion peace Pensées perfection philosophy poet poetry possess realise reality religion religious Rousseau Sainte-Beuve Scherer Schopenhauer secret seems sense Shibboleth society soul speak spirit talent things thought tion true truth understand universal Victor Cherbuliez Victor Hugo victory whole word writer