...infinite space," he saw the end to all "mean egotism." "I become a transparent eye-ball," he testified. "I am nothing. I see all. The currents of the Universal...Being circulate through me; I am part or particle of God."137 This was well enough, but the announcement that followed brought would-be mystics back in...

...(leaving my eyes,) which nature cannot repair. Standing on the bare ground, - my head bathed by the blithe air, and uplifted into infinite space, all mean egotism...become a transparent eye-ball. I am nothing. I see all. (CW I, 10). Dabei wird aber auch die Problematik dieses Selbstentwurfs deutlich, der in seinem Rekurs...

...me my eyes), which nature cannot repair. Standing on the bare ground, - my head bathed by the blithe air and uplifted into infinite space, - all mean egotism...vanishes. I become a transparent eyeball; I am nothing; 1 see all; the currents of the Universal Being circulate through me; I am part or parcel of God.3 The...

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...correspondence theory of truth is worse than solipsistic because the individual disappears entirely: "I become a transparent eyeball. I am nothing. I see all. The currents of Universal Being circulate through me; I am part or particle of God/'31 Edwards could not possibly endorse...

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...transparent eyeball in the famous caricature by the poet and painter Christopher Cranch. In Emerson's words: "All mean egotism vanishes. I become a transparent eyeball. I am nothing. I see all."28 But though Emerson and Lane probably met at the Gloucester Lyceum when Emerson was lecturing...

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...one of living participation rather than one of domination: 'Standing on the bare ground', he wrote, 'the currents of the Universal Being circulate through me; I am part or parcel of God.'22 This mystical view of Nature increasingly caught the popular mood. It became commonplace...