 we discern truth, we do nothing of ourselves, but allow a passage to its beams. If we ask whence this comes, if we seek to pry into the soul that causes,—all metaphysics, all philosophy is at fault. Its presence or its absence is all we can affirm  The Essay on Self-reliance - Page 31by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1908 - 59 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Stephen Fredman - 1993 - 196 pages
...intelligence, which makes us receivers of its truth and organs of its activity. When we discern justice, when we discern truth, we do nothing of ourselves, but allow a passage of its beams" (FC, 227). "Today," Duncan says, "in 1979, reading that essay, I find again how Emersonian... | |
 | Haridas Bhattacharyya - 1994 - 590 pages
...intelligence, which makes us receivers of its truth and organs of its activity. When we discern justice, when we discern truth, we do nothing of ourselves, but allow a passage to its beams : ' ' and we may suppose with William James that the human brain provides the place where by disciplined... | |
 | James S. Hans - 1995 - 398 pages
...intelligence, which makes us receivers of its truth and organs of its activity. When we dIscern justice, when we discern truth, we do nothing of ourselves, but...whence this comes, if we seek to pry into the soul that causes, all philosophy Is at fault. Its presence or its absence Is all we can affirm. Every man discriminates... | |
 | Charles B. Guignon - 1999 - 350 pages
...intelligence, which makes us receivers of its truth and organs of its activity. When we discern justice, when we discern truth, we do nothing of ourselves, but...whence this comes, if we seek to pry into the soul that causes, all philosophy is at fault. Its presence or its absence is all we can affirm. Every man discriminates... | |
 | Joel Myerson - 2000 - 751 pages
...intelligence, which makes us organs of its activity and receivers of its truth. When we discern justice, when we discern truth, we do nothing of ourselves, but...Its presence or its absence is all we can affirm. Every man discerns between the voluntary acts of his mind, and his involuntary perceptions. And to... | |
 | Astrid Fitzgerald - 2001 - 390 pages
...ruled, chance would lose her glory and her power. —Marsilio Ficino When we discern justice, when we discern truth, we do nothing of ourselves, but...whence this comes, if we seek to pry into the soul that causes, all philosophy is at fault. Its presence or its absence is all we can affirm. Every man discriminates... | |
 | Sanja Sostaric - 2003 - 364 pages
...intelligence, which makes us receivers of its truth and organs of its activity. When we discern justice, when we discern truth, we do nothing of ourselves, but...whence this comes, if we seek to pry into the soul that causes, all philosophy is at fault. Its presence or its absence is all we can affirm. (“Self-Reliance,”... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 2004 - 284 pages
...intelligence, which makes us receivers of its truth and organs of its activity. When we discern justice, when we discern truth, we do nothing of ourselves, but...whence this comes, if we seek to pry into the soul that causes, all philosophy is at fault. Its presence or its absence is all we can affirm. Every man discriminates... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 2004 - 256 pages
...intelligence, which makes us receivers of its truth and organs of its activity. When we discern justice, when we discern truth, we do nothing of ourselves, but...whence this comes, if we seek to pry into the soul that causes, all philosophy is at fault. Its presence or its absence is all we can affirm. Every man discriminates... | |
 | Viviane Serfaty - 2004 - 160 pages
...intelligence, which makes us receivers of its truth and organs of its activity. When we discern justice, when we discern truth we do nothing of ourselves, but allow a passage to its beams” (Emerson 1841). Emerson's insistence on the sheer fragility of the self and the fragility of its quest... | |
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