... soul. He pierced the emblematic or spiritual character of the visible, audible, tangible world. Especially did his shade-loving muse hover over and interpret the lower parts of nature ; he showed the mysterious bond that allies moral evil to the foul... Nature: Addresses, and Lectures - Page 95by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 315 pagesFull view - About this book
| Peter S. Field - 2002 - 280 pages
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| David Harris - 2000 - 664 pages
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| Kenneth Sacks - 2003 - 426 pages
...and interpret the lower parts of nature; he showed the mysterious bond that allies moral evil to the foul material forms, and has given in epical parables...is, the new importance given to the single person. Every thing that tends to insulate the individual, — to surround him with barriers of natural respect,... | |
| Laura Dassow Walls - 2003 - 302 pages
...impress of God, every person can unfold from his self-trusting will a world of his own: "Every thing that tends to insulate the individual, — to surround...natural respect, so that each man shall feel the world is his, and man shall treat with man as a sovereign state with a sovereign state; — tends to true... | |
| R. W. Emerson, Ralph Waldo Emerson - 2003 - 110 pages
...and interpret the lower parts of nature; he showed the mysterious bond that allies moral evil to the foul material forms, and has given in epical parables...insanity, of beasts, of unclean and fearful things'. In turn, the quotation given at the beginning of this 'Introduction', first printed in his 1841 essay... | |
| Philip Cafaro - 2010 - 288 pages
...Kant he also demands self-cultivation and achievements outside the strictly moral realm: "Every thing that tends to insulate the individual, — to surround...natural respect, so that each man shall feel the world is his, and man shall treat with man as a sovereign state with a sovereign state; — tends to true... | |
| William Potter - 2004 - 274 pages
...65, 70). This emphasis on self-reliant freedom results in a new and worldly ethos of individualism: Another sign of our times, also marked by an analogous...importance given to the single person. Everything tends to insulate the individual,—to surround him with barriers of natural respect, so that each... | |
| William Potter - 2004 - 272 pages
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