Essays, First SeriesHoughton, Mifflin, 1883 - 343 pages |
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Page 102
... intellect is at once infected , so that the man ceases to see God whole in each object , but is able to see the sensual allurement of an object and not see the sensual hurt ; he sees the mermaid's head but not the dragon's tail , and ...
... intellect is at once infected , so that the man ceases to see God whole in each object , but is able to see the sensual allurement of an object and not see the sensual hurt ; he sees the mermaid's head but not the dragon's tail , and ...
Page 163
... intellect , or as truth . But all is sour if seen as experience . De- tails are melancholy ; the plan is seemly and noble . In the actual world — the painful kingdom of time and placedwell care and canker and fear . With thought , with ...
... intellect , or as truth . But all is sour if seen as experience . De- tails are melancholy ; the plan is seemly and noble . In the actual world — the painful kingdom of time and placedwell care and canker and fear . With thought , with ...
Page 165
... intellect has made me unjustly cold to the personal relations . But now I almost shrink at the remembrance of such disparag- ing words . For persons are love's world , and the coldest philosopher cannot recount the debt of the young ...
... intellect has made me unjustly cold to the personal relations . But now I almost shrink at the remembrance of such disparag- ing words . For persons are love's world , and the coldest philosopher cannot recount the debt of the young ...
Page 210
... intellect . The world of the senses is a world of shows ; it does not exist for itself , but has a symbolic char- acter ; and a true prudence or law of shows recog- nizes the co - presence of other laws and knows that its own office is ...
... intellect . The world of the senses is a world of shows ; it does not exist for itself , but has a symbolic char- acter ; and a true prudence or law of shows recog- nizes the co - presence of other laws and knows that its own office is ...
Page 254
... intellect or the will , but the master of the intellect and the will ; is the background of our being , in which they lie , -an immensity not pos- sessed and that cannot be possessed . From within or from behind , a light shines through ...
... intellect or the will , but the master of the intellect and the will ; is the background of our being , in which they lie , -an immensity not pos- sessed and that cannot be possessed . From within or from behind , a light shines through ...
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