Nature, Addresses and LecturesРипол Классик, 1983 - 298 pages Emerson's Complete Works: Nature, Addresses and Lectures. |
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... moral or intellectual fact, if traced to its root, is found to be borrowed from some material appearance. Right means straight; wrong means twisted. Spirit primarily means wind ,' transgression, the crossing of a line ,' sapercilioas ...
... moral or intellectual fact, if traced to its root, is found to be borrowed from some material appearance. Right means straight; wrong means twisted. Spirit primarily means wind ,' transgression, the crossing of a line ,' sapercilioas ...
Page 38
... moral nature answer to those of matter as face to face in a glass. “ The visible world and the relation of its parts,-~is the dial plate of the invisible.” The axioms of physics translate the laws of ethics. Thus, “ the whole is greater ...
... moral nature answer to those of matter as face to face in a glass. “ The visible world and the relation of its parts,-~is the dial plate of the invisible.” The axioms of physics translate the laws of ethics. Thus, “ the whole is greater ...
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... moral side.” This doctrine is abstruse, and though the images of “garment,” “scoriae,” “ mirror,” 860., may stimulate the fancy, we must summon the aid of subtler and more vital expositors to make it plain. “ Every scripture is to be ...
... moral side.” This doctrine is abstruse, and though the images of “garment,” “scoriae,” “ mirror,” 860., may stimulate the fancy, we must summon the aid of subtler and more vital expositors to make it plain. “ Every scripture is to be ...
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... moral; and in their boundless changes have an unceasing reference to spiritual nature. Therefore is nature glorious with form, color, and motion; that” every globe in' the remotest heaven, every chemical change from the rudest crystal ...
... moral; and in their boundless changes have an unceasing reference to spiritual nature. Therefore is nature glorious with form, color, and motion; that” every globe in' the remotest heaven, every chemical change from the rudest crystal ...
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... moral sentence. The moral law lies .at the centre of nature and radiates to the circumference. It is the pith and marrow of every substance, every relation, and every process. ' All things with which we deal, preach to us. Whahisa farm ...
... moral sentence. The moral law lies .at the centre of nature and radiates to the circumference. It is the pith and marrow of every substance, every relation, and every process. ' All things with which we deal, preach to us. Whahisa farm ...
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