The difference between the actual and the ideal force of man is happily figured by the schoolmen, in saying, that the knowledge of man is an evening knowledge, vespertina cognitio, but that of God is a morning knowledge, matutina cognitio. Complete Works - Page 78by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1899Full view - About this book
| 1844 - 1128 pages
...philosopher, exercising the potent sway of reason, and that his miracles are but " examples of reason's momentary grasp of the sceptre, the exertions of a...but an instantaneous in-streaming, causing power." What is the nature of this reason ? The human mind, say the Transcendentalists, consists of the understanding... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 384 pages
...Magnetism ; prayer, eloquence, self-healing, and the wisdom of children. These are examples of Reason's momentary grasp of the sceptre ; the exertions of a power which exists not in time or space, hut an instantaneous instreaming causing power. The difference between the actual and the ideal force... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1849 - 408 pages
...Magnetism; prayer ; eloquence ; self-healing ; and the wisdom of children. These are examples of Reason's momentary grasp of the sceptre ; the exertions of...cognitio, but that of God is a morning knowledge, matulina cognitio. The problem of restoring to the world original and eternal beauty, is solved by... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1849 - 414 pages
...Magnetism ; prayer ; eloquence ; self-healing ; and the wisdom of children. These are examples of Reason's momentary grasp of the sceptre ; the exertions of...that the knowledge of man is an evening knowledge, vesperlina cognitio, but that of God is a morning knowledge, matuiina cognilio. The problem of restoring... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1860 - 410 pages
...Magnetism; prayer ; eloquence ; self-healing ; and the wisdom of children. These are examples of Reason's momentary grasp of the sceptre; the exertions of a...difference between the actual and the ideal force of rrian is happily figured by the schoolmen, in saying, that the knowledge of man is an evening knowledge,... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1866 - 298 pages
...Magnetism ; prayer, eloquence, selfhealing, and the wisdom of children. These are examples of Reason's momentary grasp of the sceptre ; the exertions of...that the knowledge of man is an evening knowledge, vespettina cognitio; but that of God is a morning knowledge, matutina cognitio. The problem of restoring... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1866 - 472 pages
...Magnetism ; prayer; eloquence; self-healing; and the wisdom of children. These are examples of Reason's momentary grasp of the sceptre ; the exertions of...that the knowledge of man is an evening knowledge, vesperlina cognitio, but that of God is a morning knowledge, maiutina coynitio. The problem of restoring... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1870 - 592 pages
...; prayer ; elo. quonce ; self-healing ; and the wisdom of children. These are examples of Reason's momentary grasp of the sceptre ; the exertions of...that the knowledge of man is an evening knowledge, vespertine cognitio, but that of God is a morning knowledge, matutina cognitio. The problem of restoring... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1875 - 584 pages
...Magnetism ; prayer ; eloquence ; self-healing ; and the wisdom of children. These are examples of Reason's momentary grasp of the sceptre ; the exertions of...cognitio, but that of God is a morning knowledge, matutinct cognitio. The problem of restoring to the world original and eternal beauty, is solved by... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1876 - 326 pages
...Magnetism ; prayer ; eloquence ; self-healing ; and the wisdom of children. These are examples of Reason's momentary grasp of the sceptre ; the exertions of a power which exists not in time or space, hut, an instantaneous in-streaming causing power. The difference between the actual and the ideal force... | |
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