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 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 91
Page 5
... a sound judgment , the most abstract truth is the most practical . Whenever a true theory appears , it will be its own evidence . Its test is , that it will explain all phe- nomena . Now many are thought not only unexplained but.
... a sound judgment , the most abstract truth is the most practical . Whenever a true theory appears , it will be its own evidence . Its test is , that it will explain all phe- nomena . Now many are thought not only unexplained but.
Page 20
... true of proverbs is true of all fables , parables , and allegories . This relation between the mind and matter is not fancied by some poet , but stands in the will of God , and so is free to be known by all men . It appears to men , or ...
... true of proverbs is true of all fables , parables , and allegories . This relation between the mind and matter is not fancied by some poet , but stands in the will of God , and so is free to be known by all men . It appears to men , or ...
Page 25
... true throughout nature . So intimate is this Unity , that , it is easily seen , it lies under the undermost garment of nature , and betrays its source in Universal Spirit . For it pervades Thought also . Every universal truth which we ...
... true throughout nature . So intimate is this Unity , that , it is easily seen , it lies under the undermost garment of nature , and betrays its source in Universal Spirit . For it pervades Thought also . Every universal truth which we ...
Page 31
... true philosopher and the true poet are one , and a beauty , which is truth , and a truth , which is beauty , is the aim of both . Is not the charm of one of Plato's or Aristotle's definitions , strictly like that of the Antigone of ...
... true philosopher and the true poet are one , and a beauty , which is truth , and a truth , which is beauty , is the aim of both . Is not the charm of one of Plato's or Aristotle's definitions , strictly like that of the Antigone of ...
Page 33
... true position of nature in regard to man , wherein to establish man , all right education tends ; as the ground which to attain is the object of human life , that is , of man's connec- tion with nature . Culture inverts the vulgar views ...
... true position of nature in regard to man , wherein to establish man , all right education tends ; as the ground which to attain is the object of human life , that is , of man's connec- tion with nature . Culture inverts the vulgar views ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
action animal antinomianism appear astronomy beauty behold better character church comes conservatism conversation divine earth Emanuel Swedenborg Epaminondas eternal exist experience fact faculties faith fear feel force genius gifts give Goethe hand heart heaven Heraclitus hope hour human ical individual intel intellect labor light ligion live look man's manner marriage means mind moral Napoleon nature never noble objects Parliament of Love party pass perfect persons Phidias Pindar plant Plato Plotinus Plutarch poet poetry present prudence reform relations religion rich Rome scholar secret seems sense sentiment Shakespeare society Sophocles soul speak spirit stand stars sublime talent thee things thou thought tion to-day Transcendentalist true truth universal virtue whilst whole wisdom wise words Xenophon youth Zoroaster