The Prose Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volume 2James R. Osgood and Company, 1876 |
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... ground . A philosopher must be more than a philosopher . Plato is clothed with the powers of a poet , stands upon the highest place of the poet , and , ( though I doubt he wanted the de- cisive gift of lyric expression , ) mainly is not ...
... ground . A philosopher must be more than a philosopher . Plato is clothed with the powers of a poet , stands upon the highest place of the poet , and , ( though I doubt he wanted the de- cisive gift of lyric expression , ) mainly is not ...
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... grounds , when we contemplate the one , the true , the good , - as in the surfaces and extremities of matter . This In all nations , there are minds which incline to dwell in the conception of the fundamental Unity . The raptures of ...
... grounds , when we contemplate the one , the true , the good , - as in the surfaces and extremities of matter . This In all nations , there are minds which incline to dwell in the conception of the fundamental Unity . The raptures of ...
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... ground of all his dogmas . Body cannot teach wisdom ; God only . In the same mind , he constantly affirms that virtue cannot be taught ; that it is not a science , but an inspiration ; that the greatest goods are produced to us through ...
... ground of all his dogmas . Body cannot teach wisdom ; God only . In the same mind , he constantly affirms that virtue cannot be taught ; that it is not a science , but an inspiration ; that the greatest goods are produced to us through ...
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... forcibly struck the mind of Plato , so capacious of these contrasts ; and the figure of Socrates , by a necessity , placed itself in the fore- ground of the scene , as the fittest dispenser of 40 REPRESENTATIVE MEN .
... forcibly struck the mind of Plato , so capacious of these contrasts ; and the figure of Socrates , by a necessity , placed itself in the fore- ground of the scene , as the fittest dispenser of 40 REPRESENTATIVE MEN .
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Ralph Waldo Emerson. ground of the scene , as the fittest dispenser of the intellectual treasures he had to communicate . It was a rare fortune , that this Esop of the mob , and this robed scholar should meet , to make each other ...
Ralph Waldo Emerson. ground of the scene , as the fittest dispenser of the intellectual treasures he had to communicate . It was a rare fortune , that this Esop of the mob , and this robed scholar should meet , to make each other ...
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