Essays: First SeriesHoughton, Mifflin, 1895 - 290 pages |
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Page 200
... and merriment of heroism . Hero- ism , like Plotinus , is almost ashamed of its body . What shall it say , then , to the sugar - plums and cat's - cradles , to the toilet , compliments , quarrels , cards , 200 HEROISM .
... and merriment of heroism . Hero- ism , like Plotinus , is almost ashamed of its body . What shall it say , then , to the sugar - plums and cat's - cradles , to the toilet , compliments , quarrels , cards , 200 HEROISM .
Page 224
... Plotinus , the vision of Porphyry , the conversion of Paul , the aurora of Behmen , the convulsions of George Fox and his Quakers , the illumination of Swedenborg , are of this kind . What was in the case of these remarkable persons a ...
... Plotinus , the vision of Porphyry , the conversion of Paul , the aurora of Behmen , the convulsions of George Fox and his Quakers , the illumination of Swedenborg , are of this kind . What was in the case of these remarkable persons a ...
Page 272
... but necessity is in intellect . " This band of grandees , Hermes , Heraclitus , Empedocles , Plato , Plotinus , Olympiodorus , Proclus , Syncsius , and the rest , - - have somewhat so vast in their logic , so primary 272 INTELLECT .
... but necessity is in intellect . " This band of grandees , Hermes , Heraclitus , Empedocles , Plato , Plotinus , Olympiodorus , Proclus , Syncsius , and the rest , - - have somewhat so vast in their logic , so primary 272 INTELLECT .
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