It is the uniform effect of culture on the human mind, not to shake our faith in the stability of particular phenomena, as of heat, water, azote ; but to lead us to regard nature as phenomenon, not a substance; to attribute necessary existence to spirit... Representative Men: Nature, Addresses and Lectures - Page 48by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1892 - 642 pagesFull view - About this book
| Hannah Flagg Gould - 1927 - 328 pages
...toll-man are much displeased at the intimation. But whilst we asquiesce entirely in the permanence of natural laws, the question of the absolute existence...heat, water, azote; but to lead us to regard nature as phenomenon, not a substance; to attribute necessary existence to spirit; to esteem nature as an accident... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 384 pages
...tollman, are much displeased at the intimation. But whilst we acquiesce entirely in the permanence of natural laws, the question of the absolute existence...a substance ; to attribute necessary existence to spirit—to esteem Nature as an accident and an effect. To the senses and the unrenewed understanding... | |
| Mary Ann Kelty - 1852 - 314 pages
...displeased at the intimation." " But," he goes on to say, " whilst we acquiesce entirely in the permanence of natural laws, the question of the absolute existence...stability of particular phenomena; as of heat, water, azote—but to lead us to regard nature as a phenomenon, not a substance ; — to attribute necessary... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1856 - 402 pages
...tollman, are much displeased at the intimation. But whilst we acquiesce entirely in the permanence of natural laws, the question of the absolute existence...water, azote ; but to lead us to regard nature as phenomenon, not a substance ; to attribute necessary existence to spirit ; to esteem nature as an accident... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1856 - 404 pages
...intimation. But whilst we acquiesce entirely in the permanence of natural laws, the question of thj absolute existence of nature still remains open. It...water, azote ; but to lead us to regard nature as phenomenon, not a substance ; to attribute necessary existence to spirit ; to esteem nature as an accident... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1866 - 472 pages
...toll-man are much displeased at the intimation. But whilst we acquiesce entirely in the permanence of natural laws, the question of the absolute existence...water, azote ; but to lead us to regard nature as phenomenon, not a substance; to attribute necessary existence to spirit ; to esteem nature as an accident... | |
| 1872 - 334 pages
...EDITED BY J. CRICHTON BROWNE, MD, FRSE VOL. II. LONDON: J. & A. CHUECHILL, NEW BURLINGTON STREET. 1872. "It is the uniform effect of culture on the human...water, azote ; but to lead us to regard nature as phenomenon, not a substance ; to attribute necessary existence to spirit, to esteem, nature as an accident... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1876 - 326 pages
...laws, the question of (he absolute existence of nature still remains open. It is the uniform efl'cct of culture on the human mind, not to shake our faith...; to attribute necessary existence to spirit ; to esleem nature as an accident and an effect. To the senses and the unrenewed understanding belongs a... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 328 pages
...toll-man, are much displeased at the intimation. But whilst we acquiesce entirely in the permanence of natural laws, the question of the absolute existence...necessary existence to spirit; to esteem nature as au accident and an effect. To the senses and the unrenewed understanding belongs a sort of instinctive... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 674 pages
...tollman, are much displeased at the intimation. But whilst we acquiesce entirely in the permanence of natural laws, the question of the absolute existence...heat, water, azote; but to lead us to regard nature as phenomenon, not a substance; to attribute necessary existence to spirit; to esteem nature as an accident... | |
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