Nature: Addresses, and LecturesHoughton, Mifflin and Company, 1893 - 315 pages |
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... faith . feel that nothing can befall me in life , grace , no calamity ( leaving me my eyes ) , which nature cannot repair . Standing on the bare ground , There I no dis- - -my head bathed by the blithe air , and NATURE . 15.
... faith . feel that nothing can befall me in life , grace , no calamity ( leaving me my eyes ) , which nature cannot repair . Standing on the bare ground , There I no dis- - -my head bathed by the blithe air , and NATURE . 15.
Page 53
... faith of man ? Whether nature en- joy a substantial existence without , or is only in the apocalypse of the mind , it is alike useful and alike venerable to me . Be it what it may , it is ideal to me so long as I cannot try the accuracy ...
... faith of man ? Whether nature en- joy a substantial existence without , or is only in the apocalypse of the mind , it is alike useful and alike venerable to me . Be it what it may , it is ideal to me so long as I cannot try the accuracy ...
Page 54
... faith in the stability of particular phe- nomena , as of heat , water , azote ; but to lead us to regard nature as phenomenon , not a substance ; to attribute necessary existence to spirit ; to esteem nature as an accident and an effect ...
... faith in the stability of particular phe- nomena , as of heat , water , azote ; but to lead us to regard nature as phenomenon , not a substance ; to attribute necessary existence to spirit ; to esteem nature as an accident and an effect ...
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... faith that a law determines all phenomena , which being known , the phenomena can be predicted . That law , when in the mind , is an idea . Its beauty is infinite . The true philosopher and the true poet are one , and a beauty , which ...
... faith that a law determines all phenomena , which being known , the phenomena can be predicted . That law , when in the mind , is an idea . Its beauty is infinite . The true philosopher and the true poet are one , and a beauty , which ...
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... faith will as surely arise on the mind as did the first . The advantage of the ideal theory over the pop- ular faith is this , that it presents the world in pre- cisely that view which is most desirable to the mind . It is , in fact ...
... faith will as surely arise on the mind as did the first . The advantage of the ideal theory over the pop- ular faith is this , that it presents the world in pre- cisely that view which is most desirable to the mind . It is , in fact ...
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