Select Writings of Ralph Waldo EmersonWalter Scott, 1888 - 351 pages |
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Page xiii
... things by starting , like Copernicus , from a new centre . Whereas the prevailing philosophy had begun with the less known world of external phenomena , and had sought to explain man by their action upon the tabula rasa of the mind ...
... things by starting , like Copernicus , from a new centre . Whereas the prevailing philosophy had begun with the less known world of external phenomena , and had sought to explain man by their action upon the tabula rasa of the mind ...
Page xx
... things , insight and conduct , talent and character , are for him inseparable . It hardly needed Mr. Matthew ... thing of first importance to him is , not that a man should have logical and well - arranged thoughts , but that he should ...
... things , insight and conduct , talent and character , are for him inseparable . It hardly needed Mr. Matthew ... thing of first importance to him is , not that a man should have logical and well - arranged thoughts , but that he should ...
Page xxii
... things with the dilettantist . He will recognise the multiplicity and conflicting nature of human creeds , and acknowledge that very much depends upon " the point of view . " He is ready to give the various human tendencies and ...
... things with the dilettantist . He will recognise the multiplicity and conflicting nature of human creeds , and acknowledge that very much depends upon " the point of view . " He is ready to give the various human tendencies and ...
Page xxiii
... things has a final aim , which is the perfection of spirit . This fundamental notion is the basis of Emerson's ... thing , INTRODUCTION . xxiii.
... things has a final aim , which is the perfection of spirit . This fundamental notion is the basis of Emerson's ... thing , INTRODUCTION . xxiii.
Page xxiv
... things preach to us . " It is Emerson's intimate sense of this spiritual presence in Nature that makes of him the pagan that he often is , and impels him to anthropomorphise her . As with Na- ture , so with History : the clue to it is ...
... things preach to us . " It is Emerson's intimate sense of this spiritual presence in Nature that makes of him the pagan that he often is , and impels him to anthropomorphise her . As with Na- ture , so with History : the clue to it is ...
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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