 It is the uniform effect of culture on the human mind, not to shake our faith in the stability of particular phenomena, as of heat, water, azote; but to lead us to regard nature as a phenomenon, not a substance; to attribute necessary existence to spirit;...  Complete Works - Page 56by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1899Full view - About this book
 | John Jay Chapman - 1898 - 264 pages
...perennial festival is dressed, and the guest sees not how he should tire of them in a thousand years. ... It is the uniform effect of culture on the human mind,...faith in the stability of particular phenomena, as heat, water, azote ; but to lead us to regard nature as phenomenon, not a substance ; to attribute... | |
 | John Jay Chapman - 1898 - 276 pages
...perennial festival is dressed, and the guest sees not how he should tire of them in a thousand years. ... It is the uniform effect of culture on the human mind,...faith in the stability of particular phenomena, as heat, water, azote ; but to lead us to regard nature as phenomenon, not a substance ; to attribute... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1903 - 532 pages
...spirit. The broker, the wheelwright, the carpenter, the tollman, are much displeased at the intimation. But whilst we acquiesce entirely in the permanence...stability of <.} particular phenomena, as of heat, water, but to lead us to regard nature as phenomenon, not a substance; to attribute necessary existence to... | |
 | Woodbridge Riley - 1915 - 390 pages
...acquiesce entirely in the permanence of natural laws, the question of the absolute existence of nature remains open. It is the uniform effect of culture...water, azote ; but to lead us to regard nature as a phenomenon, not a substance ; to attribute necessary existence to spirit ; to esteem nature as an... | |
 | Woodbridge Riley - 1915 - 424 pages
...all-powerful, has a secondary place. Emerson carries out his reasoning in the following remarkable passage: But whilst we acquiesce entirely in the permanence...laws, the question of the absolute existence of nature remains open. It is the uniform effect of culture on the human mind, not to shake our faith in the... | |
 | Henry David Gray - 1917 - 124 pages
...illusion and its laws are permanent, what is the reality which imposes these laws? The answer is obvious. "It is the uniform effect of culture on the human...phenomena, as of heat, water, azote; but to lead us to regard_jiature as phenomenon, not a substance; to attribute necessary existence to spirit ; to esteem... | |
 | Henry David Gray - 1917 - 122 pages
...illusion and its laws are permanent, what is the reality which imposes these laws? The answer is obvious. "It is the uniform effect of culture on the human...particular phenomena, as of heat, water, azote; but io lead us to regard nature as phenomenon, not a substance; to attribute / necessary existence to spirit... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1921 - 584 pages
...wheelwright, the carpenter, the tollman, are much displeased at the intimation. But whilst we acquiese entirely in the permanence of natural laws, the question...heat, water, azote; but to lead us to regard nature as a phenomenon, not a bstance; to attribute necessary existence to spirit; to esteem nature as an accident... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1926 - 412 pages
...spirit. The broker, the wheelwright, the carpenter, the tollman, are much displeased at the intimation. But whilst we acquiesce entirely in the permanence...phenomena, as of heat, water, azote ; but to lead I us to regard nature as phenomenon, not a substance; to I attribute necessary existence to spirit;... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1971 - 316 pages
...spirit. The broker, the wheelwright, the carpenter, the toll-man, are much displeased at the intimation. But whilst we acquiesce entirely in the permanence...heat, water, azote; but to lead us to regard nature as a phenomenon, not a substance; to attribute necessary existence to spirit; to esteem nature as an accident... | |
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