Amiel's Journal: The Journal Intime of Henri-Frédéric AmielMacmillan, 1893 - 721 pages |
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Page xc
... duty , and by the hope which springs from duty , or rather from the 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 ...
... duty , and by the hope which springs from duty , or rather from the 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 ...
Page xci
... duty to the belief in ' a holy will at the root of nature and destiny ' -for if man is capable of conceiving goodness , the general principle of things , which cannot be inferior to man , must be good . ' And then the religious ...
... duty to the belief in ' a holy will at the root of nature and destiny ' -for if man is capable of conceiving goodness , the general principle of things , which cannot be inferior to man , must be good . ' And then the religious ...
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... duty , my happiness , my heaven . Let come what come will - even death . Only be at peace with self , live in the presence of God , in communion with Him , and leave the guidance of existence to those universal powers against whom thou ...
... duty , my happiness , my heaven . Let come what come will - even death . Only be at peace with self , live in the presence of God , in communion with Him , and leave the guidance of existence to those universal powers against whom thou ...
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... duty . ― - 3d June 1849. Fresh and delicious weather . A long morning walk . Surprised the hawthorn and wild rose - trees in flower . From the fields vague and health - giving scents . The Voirons fringed with dazzling mists , and tints ...
... duty . ― - 3d June 1849. Fresh and delicious weather . A long morning walk . Surprised the hawthorn and wild rose - trees in flower . From the fields vague and health - giving scents . The Voirons fringed with dazzling mists , and tints ...
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... Duty has the virtue of making us feel the reality of a positive world while at the same time detaching us from it . - 30th December 1850. — The relation of thought to action filled my mind on waking , and I found myself carried towards ...
... Duty has the virtue of making us feel the reality of a positive world while at the same time detaching us from it . - 30th December 1850. — The relation of thought to action filled my mind on waking , and I found myself carried towards ...
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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