Essays, First SeriesH. Altemus, 1939 - 332 pages |
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Page 159
... Beauty , whose revelation to man we now cele- brate , beauty , welcome as the sun wherever it pleases to shine , which pleases everybody with it and with themselves . Wonderful is its charm . It seems sufficient to itself . The lover ...
... Beauty , whose revelation to man we now cele- brate , beauty , welcome as the sun wherever it pleases to shine , which pleases everybody with it and with themselves . Wonderful is its charm . It seems sufficient to itself . The lover ...
Page 162
... beauty , and the cause of the beauty . If , however , from too much conversing with material objects , the soul was gross , and mis- placed its satisfaction in the body , it reaped noth- ing but sorrow ; body being unable to fulfil the ...
... beauty , and the cause of the beauty . If , however , from too much conversing with material objects , the soul was gross , and mis- placed its satisfaction in the body , it reaped noth- ing but sorrow ; body being unable to fulfil the ...
Page 198
... beauty of the symbol ; as the poet , and artist , and the naturalist , and man of science . A third class live above the beauty of the symbol to the beauty of the thing signified ; these are wise men . The first class have common sense ...
... beauty of the symbol ; as the poet , and artist , and the naturalist , and man of science . A third class live above the beauty of the symbol to the beauty of the thing signified ; these are wise men . The first class have common sense ...
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