Nature: Addresses, and LecturesHoughton, Mifflin and Company, 1893 - 315 pages |
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Page 10
... idea of creation . We are now so far from the road to truth , that religious teachers dispute and hate each other , and speculative men are esteemed unsound and frivolous . But to a sound judgment , the most abstract truth is the most ...
... idea of creation . We are now so far from the road to truth , that religious teachers dispute and hate each other , and speculative men are esteemed unsound and frivolous . But to a sound judgment , the most abstract truth is the most ...
Page 35
... ideas is broken up by the prevalence of secondary desires , the desire of riches , of pleasure , of power , and of praise , and duplic- ity and falsehood take place of simplicity and truth , the power over nature as an interpreter of ...
... ideas is broken up by the prevalence of secondary desires , the desire of riches , of pleasure , of power , and of praise , and duplic- ity and falsehood take place of simplicity and truth , the power over nature as an interpreter of ...
Page 40
... Ideas in the mind of God , and are what they are by virtue of pre- ceding affections in the world of spirit . A Fact is the end or last issue of spirit . The visible creation is the terminus or the circumference of the invisi- ble world ...
... Ideas in the mind of God , and are what they are by virtue of pre- ceding affections in the world of spirit . A Fact is the end or last issue of spirit . The visible creation is the terminus or the circumference of the invisi- ble world ...
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... idea ; who , answering each to a certain affection of the soul , satisfy our desire on that side ; whom we lack power to put at such focal distance from us , that we can mend or even analyze them . We cannot choose but love them . When ...
... idea ; who , answering each to a certain affection of the soul , satisfy our desire on that side ; whom we lack power to put at such focal distance from us , that we can mend or even analyze them . We cannot choose but love them . When ...
Page 59
... idea . Its beauty is infinite . The true philosopher and the true poet are one , and a beauty , which is truth , and a truth , which is beauty , is the aim of both . Is not the charm of one of Plato's or Aristotle's definitions strictly ...
... idea . Its beauty is infinite . The true philosopher and the true poet are one , and a beauty , which is truth , and a truth , which is beauty , is the aim of both . Is not the charm of one of Plato's or Aristotle's definitions strictly ...
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