Amiel's Journal: The Journal Intime of Henri-Frédéric Amiel, Volume 2Macmillan, 1905 - 721 pages |
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Page 38
... thought . Their mistake is in not seeing that all institutions rest upon a legal fiction , and that every living thing involves a logical absurdity . It may be logical to demand a church based on free examination and abso- lute ...
... thought . Their mistake is in not seeing that all institutions rest upon a legal fiction , and that every living thing involves a logical absurdity . It may be logical to demand a church based on free examination and abso- lute ...
Page 44
... thought , and , from timidity , I have al- lowed the critical intelligence in me to swallow up the creative genius . Is it in- deed from timidity ? - Alas ! with a little more ambition , or a little more good luck , a different man ...
... thought , and , from timidity , I have al- lowed the critical intelligence in me to swallow up the creative genius . Is it in- deed from timidity ? - Alas ! with a little more ambition , or a little more good luck , a different man ...
Page 48
... thought which have no definite or individual outline , Schopenhauer breaks the current of his speculation with islands , strik- ing , original , and picturesque , which engrave themselves in the memory . It is the same difference as ...
... thought which have no definite or individual outline , Schopenhauer breaks the current of his speculation with islands , strik- ing , original , and picturesque , which engrave themselves in the memory . It is the same difference as ...
Page 52
... thought . 8th December 1869. - Everything has chilled me this morning : the cold of the season , the physical immobility around me , but , above all , Hartmann's Philosophy of the Unconscious . This book lays down the terrible thesis ...
... thought . 8th December 1869. - Everything has chilled me this morning : the cold of the season , the physical immobility around me , but , above all , Hartmann's Philosophy of the Unconscious . This book lays down the terrible thesis ...
Page 54
... thought great thoughts about her ; but her masters and her idols are those who have flattered and despised her , those who have muzzled and massacred her , inflamed her with fanaticism or used her for selfish purposes . Her benefactors ...
... thought great thoughts about her ; but her masters and her idols are those who have flattered and despised her , those who have muzzled and massacred her , inflamed her with fanaticism or used her for selfish purposes . Her benefactors ...
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