He shall see that nature is the opposite of the soul, answering to it part for part. One is seal and one is print. Its beauty is the beauty of his own mind. Its laws are the laws of his own mind. Nature then becomes to him the measure of his attainments.... Nature ; Addresses and Lectures - Page 85by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1903 - 461 pagesFull view - About this book
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 384 pages
...mind. Its laws are the laws of his own mind. Nature then becomes to him the measure of his attainments. So much of Nature as he is ignorant of, so much of...into the spirit of the scholar, is, the mind of the Past,—in whatever form, whether of literature, of art, of institutions, that mind is inscribed. Books... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 400 pages
...mind. Its laws are the laws of his own mind. Nature then becomes to him the measure of his attainments. So much of Nature as he is ignorant of, so much of...into the spirit of the scholar, is, the mind of the Past,—in whatever form, whether of literature, of art, of institutions, that mind is inscribed. Books... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1856 - 402 pages
...mind. Its laws are the laws of his own mind. Nature then becomes to him the measure of his attainments. So much of nature as he is ignorant of, so much of...spirit of the scholar, is, the mind of the Past, — in whatever form, whether of literature, of art, of institutions, that mind is inscribed. Books are the... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1856 - 404 pages
...mind. Its laws are the laws of his own mind. Nature then becomes to him the measure of his attainments. So much of nature as he is ignorant of, so much of...precept, " Study nature," become at last one maxim. IL The next great influence into the spirit of the scholar, is, the mind of the Past, — in whatever... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1866 - 472 pages
...mind. Its laws are the laws of his own mind. Nature then becomes to him the measure of his attainments. So much of nature as he is ignorant of, so much of...spirit of the scholar, is, the mind of the Past, — in whatever form, whether of literature, of art, of institutions, that mind is inscribed. Books are the... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1866 - 298 pages
...mind. Its laws are the laws of his own mind. Nature then becomes to him the measure of his attainments. So much of Nature as he is ignorant of, so much of...spirit of the scholar, is, the mind of the Past, — in whatever form, whether of literature, of art, of institutions, that mind is inscribed. Books are the... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1870 - 592 pages
...mind. Its laws are the laws of his own mind. Nature then becomes to him the measure of his attainments. So much of nature as he is ignorant of, so much of his own mind does he not yet possess. And, in^fine, the ancient precept, " Know thyself," and the modern precept, " Study nature," become at last... | |
| Jacob Merrill Manning - 1872 - 418 pages
...soul. Its laws are the laws of his own mind. Nature then becomes to him the measure of his attainments. So much of nature as he is ignorant of, so much of his own mind does he not yet possess." 5 " Build, therefore, your own world. The advancing spirit shall create its ornaments along its path,... | |
| Jacob Merrill Manning - 1872 - 544 pages
...soul. Its laws are the laws of his own mind. Nature then becomes to him the measure of his attainments. So much of nature as he is ignorant of, so much of his own mind does he not yet possess." 5 " Build, therefore, your own world. The advancing spirit shall create its ornaments along its path,... | |
| Jacob Merrill Manning - 1872 - 420 pages
...soul. Its laws are the laws of his own mind. Nature then becomes to him the measure of his attainments. So much of nature as he is ignorant of, so much of his own mind does he not yet possess."5 "Build, therefore, your own world. The advancing spirit shall create its ornaments along... | |
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