Amiel's Journal: The Journal Intime of Henri-Frédéric AmielMacmillan, 1893 - 721 pages |
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Page 67
... evil brought about by myself , a renuncia- tion for life of my liberty , my peace of mind , the very thought of it is madden- ing , I expiate my privilege indeed . My privilege is to be the spectator of my own life - drama , to be fully ...
... evil brought about by myself , a renuncia- tion for life of my liberty , my peace of mind , the very thought of it is madden- ing , I expiate my privilege indeed . My privilege is to be the spectator of my own life - drama , to be fully ...
Page 92
... evil . It is a kind of supplement to the theory of Condorcet indefinite perfectibility , man essentially good , life , which is a physiologi- cal notion , dominating virtue , duty , and holiness , in short , a non - ethical concep- tion ...
... evil . It is a kind of supplement to the theory of Condorcet indefinite perfectibility , man essentially good , life , which is a physiologi- cal notion , dominating virtue , duty , and holiness , in short , a non - ethical concep- tion ...
Page 93
... evil outside of man , moralises from outside , and transforms to its own liking the whole lesson of history ! What is at fault is the philosophic super- ficiality of France , which she owes to her fatal notion of religion , itself due ...
... evil outside of man , moralises from outside , and transforms to its own liking the whole lesson of history ! What is at fault is the philosophic super- ficiality of France , which she owes to her fatal notion of religion , itself due ...
Page 97
... evil by good . The work of creation finds its consumma- tion , and the eternal will of the Infinite Mercy finds its fulfilment only in the resto- ration of the free creature to God and of an evil world to goodness , through love . Every ...
... evil by good . The work of creation finds its consumma- tion , and the eternal will of the Infinite Mercy finds its fulfilment only in the resto- ration of the free creature to God and of an evil world to goodness , through love . Every ...
Page 103
... evil disposition as a cross , in sacrificing all one's pretensions and ambitions , even those of conscience ? True humility is contentment . A man only understands that of which he has already the beginnings in himself . ˇ Let us be ...
... evil disposition as a cross , in sacrificing all one's pretensions and ambitions , even those of conscience ? True humility is contentment . A man only understands that of which he has already the beginnings in himself . ˇ Let us be ...
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