Select Writings of Ralph Waldo EmersonW. Scott, 1888 - 351 pages |
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Page ix
... mind that he and society must always be nothing to each other . " But his reticence in his writings concerning his own feelings and experiences was deliberate ; it was the result of studied effort to strain away from what he wrote all ...
... mind that he and society must always be nothing to each other . " But his reticence in his writings concerning his own feelings and experiences was deliberate ; it was the result of studied effort to strain away from what he wrote all ...
Page xiii
... 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 INTRODUCTION . xiii.
... 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 INTRODUCTION . xiii.
Page xiv
... mind " ( endowed with certain faculties ) upon the data or raw material supplied by the senses . According to this view , man — or mind in man — was rather the maker , or the part - creator , of the world , than made by it . Man did not ...
... mind " ( endowed with certain faculties ) upon the data or raw material supplied by the senses . According to this view , man — or mind in man — was rather the maker , or the part - creator , of the world , than made by it . Man did not ...
Page xxi
... minds to independent activity , rather than for those who instruct . He himself valued Plato highly , but it was not for ... mind uncurbed liberty , and obediently watched and reported its wonderful wanderings . But to suppose that these ...
... minds to independent activity , rather than for those who instruct . He himself valued Plato highly , but it was not for ... mind uncurbed liberty , and obediently watched and reported its wonderful wanderings . But to suppose that these ...
Page xxii
... mind in presence of the facts of existence . He has no doubt of the supreme worth of life , and of the possibility of making it a thing of joy to all men . The world of nature and humanity - nature , with her infinitely varied charm and ...
... mind in presence of the facts of existence . He has no doubt of the supreme worth of life , and of the possibility of making it a thing of joy to all men . The world of nature and humanity - nature , with her infinitely varied charm and ...
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