Amiel's Journal: The Journal Intime of Henri-Frédéric AmielMacmillan, 1893 - 721 pages |
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Page 67
The Journal Intime of Henri-Frédéric Amiel Henri Frédéric Amiel. great , pure , and earnest , which lives and works in all the fibres and through all the powers of the soul . And even if I go lonely to the end , I would rather my hope ...
The Journal Intime of Henri-Frédéric Amiel Henri Frédéric Amiel. great , pure , and earnest , which lives and works in all the fibres and through all the powers of the soul . And even if I go lonely to the end , I would rather my hope ...
Page 82
... pure clairvoyance gives place to study , and the ethereal depth of the heaven of contemplation vanishes before the glitter of finite things . Is it to be re- gretted ? No. But it proves that the hours most apt for philosophical thought ...
... pure clairvoyance gives place to study , and the ethereal depth of the heaven of contemplation vanishes before the glitter of finite things . Is it to be re- gretted ? No. But it proves that the hours most apt for philosophical thought ...
Page 95
... pure and life - giving freshness of thought and of the spiritual life seemed to play about me , borne on the breeze descending from the Alps . I breathed an atmosphere of spiritual freedom , and I hailed with emo- tion and rapture the ...
... pure and life - giving freshness of thought and of the spiritual life seemed to play about me , borne on the breeze descending from the Alps . I breathed an atmosphere of spiritual freedom , and I hailed with emo- tion and rapture the ...
Page 100
... pure - - - The at- a warm , caress- - ing gentleness in the sunshine- joy in one's whole being . Seated motionless upon a bench on the Tranchées , beside the slopes clothed with moss and tapestried with green , I passed some intense ...
... pure - - - The at- a warm , caress- - ing gentleness in the sunshine- joy in one's whole being . Seated motionless upon a bench on the Tranchées , beside the slopes clothed with moss and tapestried with green , I passed some intense ...
Page 130
... pure subjectivity which is incapable of realising itself in mind , con- science , or reason , in the soul , the heart , the imagination , or the life of the senses , and which makes for itself attributes and conditions out of all these ...
... pure subjectivity which is incapable of realising itself in mind , con- science , or reason , in the soul , the heart , the imagination , or the life of the senses , and which makes for itself attributes and conditions out of all these ...
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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