The Prose Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volume 2James R. Osgood and Company, 1876 |
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Page 39
... characters , valued the bores and philis- tines , thought everything in Athens a little better than any- thing in any other place . He was plain as a Quaker in habit and speech , affected low phrases , and illustrations from cocks and ...
... characters , valued the bores and philis- tines , thought everything in Athens a little better than any- thing in any other place . He was plain as a Quaker in habit and speech , affected low phrases , and illustrations from cocks and ...
Page 41
... character of Socrates , capped the synthesis in the mind of Plato . Moreover , by this means , he was able , in the direct way , and without envy , to avail himself of the wit and weight of Socrates , to which unquestionably his own ...
... character of Socrates , capped the synthesis in the mind of Plato . Moreover , by this means , he was able , in the direct way , and without envy , to avail himself of the wit and weight of Socrates , to which unquestionably his own ...
Page 66
... character . It is subjective , or depends entirely upon the thought of the person . All things in the universe arrange themselves to each person anew , according to his ruling love . Man is such as his affection and thought are . Man is ...
... character . It is subjective , or depends entirely upon the thought of the person . All things in the universe arrange themselves to each person anew , according to his ruling love . Man is such as his affection and thought are . Man is ...
Page 71
... character . The uni- verse , in his poem , suffers under a magnetic sleep , and only reflects the mind of the magnetizer . Every thought comes into each mind by influence from a society of spirits that sur- round it , and into these ...
... character . The uni- verse , in his poem , suffers under a magnetic sleep , and only reflects the mind of the magnetizer . Every thought comes into each mind by influence from a society of spirits that sur- round it , and into these ...
Page 87
... character of Montaigne . And yet , since the personal regard which I entertain for Montaigne may be unduly great , I will , under the shield of this prince of egotists , offer , as an apology for electing him as the representa- tive of ...
... character of Montaigne . And yet , since the personal regard which I entertain for Montaigne may be unduly great , I will , under the shield of this prince of egotists , offer , as an apology for electing him as the representa- tive of ...
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