Essays, Aesthetical and Philosophical: Including the Dissertation on the "Connexion Between the Animal and Spiritual in Man,"G. Bell and Sons, 1900 - 435 pages |
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... impressions ; it would be expedient to remove the former still farther from matter and to bring the latter somewhat more near to it ; in short to produce a third character related to both the others -- the physical and the moral ...
... impressions ; it would be expedient to remove the former still farther from matter and to bring the latter somewhat more near to it ; in short to produce a third character related to both the others -- the physical and the moral ...
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... impressions , we receive our principles from her . While the affected decency of our manners does not even grant to nature a pardonable influence in the initial stage , our materialistic system of morals allows her the casting vote in ...
... impressions , we receive our principles from her . While the affected decency of our manners does not even grant to nature a pardonable influence in the initial stage , our materialistic system of morals allows her the casting vote in ...
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... has very often a cold heart , because he analyses impressions , which only move the mind by their combination or totality ; on the other hand , the man of business , the statesman , SCHILLER'S ESTHETICAL LETTERS . 41.
... has very often a cold heart , because he analyses impressions , which only move the mind by their combination or totality ; on the other hand , the man of business , the statesman , SCHILLER'S ESTHETICAL LETTERS . 41.
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... impression deciding the esti- mation in which merit is to be held ? We admit that all virtues whose appearance produces an agreeable effect are now seen to flourish , and those which , in society , give a value to the man who possesses ...
... impression deciding the esti- mation in which merit is to be held ? We admit that all virtues whose appearance produces an agreeable effect are now seen to flourish , and those which , in society , give a value to the man who possesses ...
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... impressions takes from them in depth what it gives them in surface or breadth . The character must place limits to tempera- ment , for the senses have only the right to lose elements if it be to the advantage of the mind . In its turn ...
... impressions takes from them in depth what it gives them in surface or breadth . The character must place limits to tempera- ment , for the senses have only the right to lose elements if it be to the advantage of the mind . In its turn ...
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