Select Writings of Ralph Waldo EmersonWalter Scott, 1888 - 351 pages |
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Page xiii
... action upon the tabula rasa of the mind ; Kant , on the other hand , set out from man , or from mind in man , as the better known , and endeavoured to explain phenomena in terms of their relationship to mind . He showed that the world ...
... action upon the tabula rasa of the mind ; Kant , on the other hand , set out from man , or from mind in man , as the better known , and endeavoured to explain phenomena in terms of their relationship to mind . He showed that the world ...
Page xvi
... action . And it was here that the Puritan thoroughness and sincerity , and the Yankee practicality showed themselves . These people were in earnest at any rate ; and mystical and visionary as they might be , they were also resolute ...
... action . And it was here that the Puritan thoroughness and sincerity , and the Yankee practicality showed themselves . These people were in earnest at any rate ; and mystical and visionary as they might be , they were also resolute ...
Page xxiv
... action ; let us believe our in- stincts , and obey our spontaneous impulses . Each has his own special place and his own unique endowment ; the power in us is new in nature . Let us cheerfully taking our- selves for better or worse ...
... action ; let us believe our in- stincts , and obey our spontaneous impulses . Each has his own special place and his own unique endowment ; the power in us is new in nature . Let us cheerfully taking our- selves for better or worse ...
Page xxix
... action is its effect upon the agent . We cannot do wrong without loss of health and power , for we put ourselves out of harmony with the law of things , which means lessening the joy and fulness of life . Evil is privative ( or , as ...
... action is its effect upon the agent . We cannot do wrong without loss of health and power , for we put ourselves out of harmony with the law of things , which means lessening the joy and fulness of life . Evil is privative ( or , as ...
Page xxx
... action and reaction of nature . " In attempting to methodise Emerson we are conscious of doing him a certain violence . These marshalled ideas are but the disjecta membra of the body of his thought . We must come into relation with the ...
... action and reaction of nature . " In attempting to methodise Emerson we are conscious of doing him a certain violence . These marshalled ideas are but the disjecta membra of the body of his thought . We must come into relation with the ...
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action appear beauty behold believe Ben Jonson better Celt character church conversation divine doctrine Emerson England English Ernest Rhys eternal evil fact faith fear feel force genius give Goethe Greek Havelock Ellis hear heart heaven honour hour human idea individual inspiration instinct intellect justice labour live look man's manual labour Margaret Fuller means Milton mind moral nations nature never noble numbers opinion perfect persons Phidias philosophy Phocion Plato poet poetry political present race reform relations religion religious Richard of Devizes Saxon scholar secret seems sense sentiment Shakespeare society soul speak spirit stand sublime T. W. Rolleston talent thee things thou thought tion to-day true truth universe virtue WALTER SCOTT whilst whole wisdom wise wish words write