The Prose Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: In 2 Volumes. [Inhalt. Vol. I: Miscellanies. - Essays. Vol. II: Representative Men. - English Traits. - Conduct of Life.]. I, Volume 1Fields, Osgood, & Company, 1870 |
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... idea of creation . We are now so far from the road to truth , that religious teachers dispute and hate each other , and speculative men are esteemed unsound and frivolous . But to a sound judgment , the most abstract truth is the most ...
... idea of creation . We are now so far from the road to truth , that religious teachers dispute and hate each other , and speculative men are esteemed unsound and frivolous . But to a sound judgment , the most abstract truth is the most ...
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... ideas is broken up by the prevalence of secondary desires , the desire of riches , of pleasure , of power , and of praise , and duplicity and falsehood take place of sim- plicity and truth , the power over nature as an interpreter of ...
... ideas is broken up by the prevalence of secondary desires , the desire of riches , of pleasure , of power , and of praise , and duplicity and falsehood take place of sim- plicity and truth , the power over nature as an interpreter of ...
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... material forms ; and day and night , river and storm , beast and bird , acid and alkali , pre - exist in necessary Ideas in the mind of God , and are what 66 are they are by virtue of preceding affections , 20 LANGUAGE .
... material forms ; and day and night , river and storm , beast and bird , acid and alkali , pre - exist in necessary Ideas in the mind of God , and are what 66 are they are by virtue of preceding affections , 20 LANGUAGE .
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... idea ; who , answer- ing each to a certain affection of the soul , satisfy our desire on that side ; whom we lack power to put at such focal distance from us , that we can mend or even analyze them . We cannot choose but love them ...
... idea ; who , answer- ing each to a certain affection of the soul , satisfy our desire on that side ; whom we lack power to put at such focal distance from us , that we can mend or even analyze them . We cannot choose but love them ...
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... idea . Its beauty is infinite . The true philosopher and the true poet are one , and a beauty , which is truth , and ... Ideas ; and in their presence , we feel that the outward circum- stance is a dream and a shade . Whilst we wait in ...
... idea . Its beauty is infinite . The true philosopher and the true poet are one , and a beauty , which is truth , and ... Ideas ; and in their presence , we feel that the outward circum- stance is a dream and a shade . Whilst we wait in ...
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