The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volumes 7-8Wm. H. Wise, 1912 |
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... universal ends . Hear the definition which Kant gives of moral conduct : " Act al- ways so that the immediate motive of thy will may become a universal rule for all intelligent beings . " Civilization depends on morality . Everything ...
... universal ends . Hear the definition which Kant gives of moral conduct : " Act al- ways so that the immediate motive of thy will may become a universal rule for all intelligent beings . " Civilization depends on morality . Everything ...
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... universal ends . A puny creature , walled in on every side , as Daniel wrote , - " Unless above himself he can 2 I Erect himself , how poor a thing is man ! ' but when his will leans on a principle , when he is the vehicle of ideas , he ...
... universal ends . A puny creature , walled in on every side , as Daniel wrote , - " Unless above himself he can 2 I Erect himself , how poor a thing is man ! ' but when his will leans on a principle , when he is the vehicle of ideas , he ...
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... universal mind . ' In the first place let us consider this in refer- ence to the useful arts . Here the omnipotent agent is Nature ; all human acts are satellites to her orb . Nature is the representative of the uni- versal mind , and ...
... universal mind . ' In the first place let us consider this in refer- ence to the useful arts . Here the omnipotent agent is Nature ; all human acts are satellites to her orb . Nature is the representative of the uni- versal mind , and ...
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... universal soul . The artist who is to produce a work which is to be admired , not by his friends or his towns - people or his contemporaries , but by all men , and which is to be more beautiful to the eye in proportion to its culture ...
... universal soul . The artist who is to produce a work which is to be admired , not by his friends or his towns - people or his contemporaries , but by all men , and which is to be more beautiful to the eye in proportion to its culture ...
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... universal mind acts . In speaking of the useful arts , I pointed to the fact that we do not dig , or grind , or hew , by our muscular strength , but by bringing the weight of the planet to bear on the spade , axe or bar . Precisely ...
... universal mind acts . In speaking of the useful arts , I pointed to the fact that we do not dig , or grind , or hew , by our muscular strength , but by bringing the weight of the planet to bear on the spade , axe or bar . Precisely ...
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