 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
 | Giles Gunn - 1981 - 489 pages
...spirit. The broker, the wheelwright, the carpenter, the tollman, 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... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1983 - 1196 pages
...spirit. The broker, the wheelwright, the carpenter, the tollman, 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... | |
 | Myra Jehlen - 1986 - 276 pages
...existence of nature." The first, he writes, does not necessarily imply the second. On the contrary, "It is the uniform effect of culture on the human...our faith in the stability of particular phenomena . . . but to lead us to regard nature as a phenomenon, not a substance; to attribute necessary existence... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau - 1994 - 148 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, 42 azote, but to lead us to regard nature as a phenomenon, not a substance, to attribute necessary... | |
 | John Jay Chapman - 1998 - 244 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 necessary... | |
 | Joel Porte (ed), Saundra Morris - 1999 - 304 pages
...mind, Emerson pushes on to contend that "it is the uniform effect of culture [education, consciousness] on the human mind, not to shake our faith in the stability...of particular phenomena, as of heat, water, azote [nitrogen]; but to lead us to regard nature as a phenomenon, not a substance; to attribute necessary... | |
 | Peter Sharpe - 2004 - 400 pages
...the faculties of man. Their permanence is sacredly respected, and his faith therein is perfect. . . . But whilst we acquiesce entirely in the permanence...our faith in the stability of particular phenomena . . . but to lead us to regard nature as phenomenon, not as substance.14 (Italics added.) Ontological... | |
 | Onno Oerlemans - 2004 - 268 pages
...resists being read, that it is not a text. And this ought to inspire awe and respect. <£ncCofth aure, It is the uniform effect of culture on the human mind,...our faith in the stability of particular phenomena ... but to lead us to regard nature as a phenomenon, not a substance; to attribute necessary existence... | |
 | Woodbridge Riley - 2005 - 453 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 on the human mind, not to shake oar faith in the stability of particular phenomena, as of heat, water, azote ; but to lead us to regard... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 2006 - 98 pages
...stain? how much industry and providence and affection we have caught from the pantomime of brutes? But whilst we acquiesce entirely in the permanence...absolute existence of nature, still remains open. The river, as it flows, resembles the air that flows over it; the air resembles the light which traverses... | |
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