Dante in his relation to the theology and ethics of the Middle Ages. Goethe and philosophy. Rousseau. Wordsworth. The problem of philosophy at the present time. The genius of CarlyleJ. Maclehose and sons, 1892 |
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... higher truth : and this deeper meaning is suggested to us not only by the numerous symbolic figures which are introduced at each stage of our progress , but by the main lines of the structure of the Commedia . Even this might be ...
... higher truth : and this deeper meaning is suggested to us not only by the numerous symbolic figures which are introduced at each stage of our progress , but by the main lines of the structure of the Commedia . Even this might be ...
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... higher life which it refrained from demanding from the world . But even here the same antagonism betrayed itself ; and the three vows of the " religious " life turned Chris- tianity into an ascetic struggle against nature . Yet such ...
... higher life which it refrained from demanding from the world . But even here the same antagonism betrayed itself ; and the three vows of the " religious " life turned Chris- tianity into an ascetic struggle against nature . Yet such ...
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... higher life , could come before the natural death of the body . Hence the highest morality , the morality of the cloister , re- mained for him negative and ascetic , and , if he ever regarded it as a preparation for a positive morality ...
... higher life , could come before the natural death of the body . Hence the highest morality , the morality of the cloister , re- mained for him negative and ascetic , and , if he ever regarded it as a preparation for a positive morality ...
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... higher perception of the spiritual in the natural which has inspired the best modern poetry . He was no Boccaccio or Heine , raising the standard of revolt in the name of mere nature against all that hindered her free development . Nor ...
... higher perception of the spiritual in the natural which has inspired the best modern poetry . He was no Boccaccio or Heine , raising the standard of revolt in the name of mere nature against all that hindered her free development . Nor ...
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... higher character in the life to come . Yet , even in that case it may be said , that the joys that are not seen , the desires that cannot be gratified here and now , are by that very fact changed and elevated in character ; if for no ...
... higher character in the life to come . Yet , even in that case it may be said , that the joys that are not seen , the desires that cannot be gratified here and now , are by that very fact changed and elevated in character ; if for no ...
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abstract ancient assertion become CAIRD Carlyle Carlyle's cease Christian Church civilisation consciousness Critical Philosophy criticism Crown 8vo Dante Dante's deeper Deism Demy 8vo difficulty divine doctrine Edition EDWARD CAIRD elements evil existence expression external facts faith Fcap feeling finite force French Revolution genius Goethe Goethe's Greek harmony Hence higher highest human idea ideal idealised imagination IMMANUEL KANT individual Inferno infinite inner inspiration intellectual interests Kant kind living LL.D MACLEHOSE AND SONS man's Manichæan meaning mediæval merely mind modern moral nature never object OLRIG outward passion philosophy Plato poems poet poetic poetry point of view political present principle Professor prose realisation reality reason reconcile regard relation religion religious Revolution Rousseau Sartor Resartus seek seemed sense sensuous simple social soul soul build speaks Spinoza spirit symbol synthesis things thought tion truth unity University of Glasgow utterance whole words Wordsworth
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Página 182 - Humble and rustic life was generally chosen, because in that condition the essential passions of the heart find a better soil in which they can attain their maturity, are less under restraint, and speak a plainer and more emphatic language...
Página 176 - Listening, a gentle shock of mild surprise Has carried far into his heart the voice Of mountain torrents ; or the visible scene Would enter unawares into his mind With all its solemn imagery, its rocks, Its woods, and that uncertain heaven, received Into the bosom of the steady lake.
Página 163 - Love had he found in huts where poor men lie; His daily teachers had been woods and rills, The silence that is in the starry sky, The sleep that is among the lonely hills.
Página 165 - Even so doth God protect us if we be Virtuous and wise. Winds blow, and waters roll, Strength to the brave, and power, and deity, Yet in themselves are nothing...
Página 220 - There was the Door to which I found no Key ; There was the Veil through which I might not see : Some little talk awhile of ME and THEE There was — and then no more of THEE and ME.
Página 180 - If Thou be one whose heart the holy forms Of young imagination have kept pure, Stranger! henceforth be warned; and know that pride, Howe'er disguised in its own majesty, Is littleness ; that he who feels contempt For any living thing, hath faculties Which he has never used ; that thought with him Is in its infancy.
Página 245 - ... or dresses, do, according to certain compositions, receive different appellations. If one of them be trimmed up with a gold chain, and a red gown, and a white rod, and a great horse, it is called a...
Página 210 - Physician of the iron age, Goethe has done his pilgrimage. He took the suffering human race, He read each wound, each weakness clear; And struck his finger on the place, And said: Thou ailest here, and here!
Página 158 - While, smitten by a lofty moon, The encircling laurels, thick with leaves, Gave back a rich and dazzling sheen, That overpowered their natural green. Through hill and valley every breeze Had sunk to rest with folded wings: Keen was the air, but could not freeze Nor check the music of the strings ; So stout and hardy were the band That scraped the chords with strenuous hand. And who but listened ! — till was paid Respect to every Inmate's claim...
Página 220 - Myself when young did eagerly frequent Doctor and Saint, and heard great argument About it and about: but evermore Came out by the same door where in I went.