Essays, First SeriesH. Altemus, 1939 - 332 pages |
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Page 60
... seek to pry into the soul that causes , -all meta- physics , all philosophy is at fault . Its presence or its absence is all we can affirm . Every man discerns between the voluntary acts of his mind , and his involuntary perceptions ...
... seek to pry into the soul that causes , -all meta- physics , all philosophy is at fault . Its presence or its absence is all we can affirm . Every man discerns between the voluntary acts of his mind , and his involuntary perceptions ...
Page 94
... seek to be great ; they would have offices , wealth , power and fame . They think that to be great is to get only one side of nature the sweet , without the other side - the bitter . Steadily is this dividing and detaching counter ...
... seek to be great ; they would have offices , wealth , power and fame . They think that to be great is to get only one side of nature the sweet , without the other side - the bitter . Steadily is this dividing and detaching counter ...
Page 95
... seek to separate them from the whole . We can no more halve things and get the sensual good , by itself , than we can get an inside that shall have no outside , or a light without a shadow . " Drive out nature with a fork , she comes ...
... seek to separate them from the whole . We can no more halve things and get the sensual good , by itself , than we can get an inside that shall have no outside , or a light without a shadow . " Drive out nature with a fork , she comes ...
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