The world is emblematic. Parts of speech are metaphors, because the whole of nature is a metaphor of the human mind. The laws of 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... Patriotism, and Other Papers - Page 88by Thomas Starr King - 1864 - 359 pagesFull view - About this book
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...emblematic. Parts of speech are metaphors, because the whole of nature is a metaphor of the human mind. The laws of 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... | |
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| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1866 - 298 pages
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| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1866 - 472 pages
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