Select Writings of Ralph Waldo EmersonW. Scott, 1888 - 351 pages |
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Page xiii
... doctrine of the Scotch school of Dugald Stewart and Dr. Thomas Brown . It was a philosophy with no outlook ; a philosophy of externalism and routine , that found its standards in custom and precedent ; a colourless creed without any ...
... doctrine of the Scotch school of Dugald Stewart and Dr. Thomas Brown . It was a philosophy with no outlook ; a philosophy of externalism and routine , that found its standards in custom and precedent ; a colourless creed without any ...
Page xxiv
... doctrine of Representative Men . " We delight in the great man because he is the ampler expression of what in us is cramped and small . " It is a corollary of this view of things , that Nature is as divine and Man's possibili- ties are ...
... doctrine of Representative Men . " We delight in the great man because he is the ampler expression of what in us is cramped and small . " It is a corollary of this view of things , that Nature is as divine and Man's possibili- ties are ...
Page xxv
... doctrine of social solidarity . He saw the interde- pendence of human beings ; he saw that the greatest of men is largely indebted to society for the elements of his greatness : " All are needed by each one ; Nothing is great or small ...
... doctrine of social solidarity . He saw the interde- pendence of human beings ; he saw that the greatest of men is largely indebted to society for the elements of his greatness : " All are needed by each one ; Nothing is great or small ...
Page xxvi
... doctrine of the Universal Reason immanent in Man necessarily led him , as it led the old Stoics , to the conception of human brotherhood and interdependence . He has put the point forcibly himself : " The heart and soul of all men being ...
... doctrine of the Universal Reason immanent in Man necessarily led him , as it led the old Stoics , to the conception of human brotherhood and interdependence . He has put the point forcibly himself : " The heart and soul of all men being ...
Page xxix
... doctrine of Compensation . It furnishes his ethical sanction . His criterion of the right- ness or wrongness of an action is its effect upon the agent . We cannot do wrong without loss of health and power , for we put ourselves out of ...
... doctrine of Compensation . It furnishes his ethical sanction . His criterion of the right- ness or wrongness of an action is its effect upon the agent . We cannot do wrong without loss of health and power , for we put ourselves out of ...
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