Aspects of PessimismW. Blackwood & Sons, 1894 - 337 páginas |
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... possessed of no imaginative admixture . The " plain man " has not sufficiently perceived that the genius creative of the glories of Yahveh hardly bears comparison , far less identification , with the talent descriptive of hell's horrors ...
... possessed of no imaginative admixture . The " plain man " has not sufficiently perceived that the genius creative of the glories of Yahveh hardly bears comparison , far less identification , with the talent descriptive of hell's horrors ...
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... possess the outward comforts of life . * Why such should so prosper the writer never asks . This , and similar inquiries , were reserved for Job and Koheleth . 3 The Wisdom Literature , then , does not present a series of isolated ...
... possess the outward comforts of life . * Why such should so prosper the writer never asks . This , and similar inquiries , were reserved for Job and Koheleth . 3 The Wisdom Literature , then , does not present a series of isolated ...
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... possessed distinct universality . In all climes , wherever there was civilisation worthy of the name , it ever and anon recurred . The practical warring between good and evil , especially as its consequences affect man's life ...
... possessed distinct universality . In all climes , wherever there was civilisation worthy of the name , it ever and anon recurred . The practical warring between good and evil , especially as its consequences affect man's life ...
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... possesses no divine sanction , while apparent divine injustice may assume another aspect when regarded from a higher standpoint . " God un- derstandeth the way thereof , and he knoweth the place thereof . For he looketh to the ends of ...
... possesses no divine sanction , while apparent divine injustice may assume another aspect when regarded from a higher standpoint . " God un- derstandeth the way thereof , and he knoweth the place thereof . For he looketh to the ends of ...
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... possess a special interest . To satisfy himself that life is after all not so barren , he devotes every energy to the pursuit of pleasure . And , in common with other hedonists , he discovers that his ideal eludes him in its very reali ...
... possess a special interest . To satisfy himself that life is after all not so barren , he devotes every energy to the pursuit of pleasure . And , in common with other hedonists , he discovers that his ideal eludes him in its very reali ...
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absolute absolute substance abstract aspect Berkeley Berkeley's causality cause character Cheap Edition Christian conception conclusion consciousness constituted criticism Critique Crown 8vo deity Descartes difficulty divine doctrine elements ethical evil existence experience external fact faith Fcap force Goethe Goethe's Hamlet Hartmann Hegel human ideal ideas Illustrations immanent implies individual inner intellect Kant Kant's Kantian Kempis knowledge Koheleth Leibniz living man's manifestation matter means metaphysical method mind modern monism moral Mysticism nature ness nominalistic noumenon objects pain perceived perception pessimism pessimistic phenomena philosophy of religion Post 8vo present presuppositions principle problem Professor pure question rational realised reality reason recognised regard relation religious rendered result Schopenhauer Schopenhauer's Scotland self-consciousness sense soul speculation sphere Spinoza spirit subjective teleology tendency theism theory thing-in-itself things thinker Thomas à Kempis thought tion truth ultimate Uncon Unconscious unity universe vols Werther whole
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Página 166 - I am a part of all that I have met; Yet all experience is an arch wherethro' Gleams that untravell'd world, whose margin fades For ever and for ever when I move. How dull it is to pause, to make an end, To rust unburnish'd, not to shine in use ! As tho
Página 107 - I have of late , (but wherefore I know not) lost all my mirth, foregone all custom of exercises; and, indeed, it goes so heavily with my disposition, that this goodly frame, the earth, seems to me a sterile promontory; this most excellent canopy , the air, look you, this brave o'erhanging firmament, this majestical roof fretted with golden fire, why, it appeareth nothing to me, but a foul and pestilent congregation of vapours.
Página 107 - I have of late — but wherefore I know not — lost all my mirth, forgone all custom of exercises; and, indeed, it goes so heavily with my disposition, that this goodly frame, the earth, seems to me a sterile promontory ; this most excellent canopy, the air, look you, this brave o'erhanging firmament, this majestical roof fretted with golden fire, — why, it appears no other thing to me than a foul and pestilent congregation of vapours.
Página 113 - Since my dear soul was mistress of her choice And could of men distinguish, her election Hath seal'd thee for herself; for thou hast been As one, in suffering all, that suffers nothing, A man that fortune's buffets and rewards Hast ta'en with equal thanks...
Página 108 - tis a consummation Devoutly to be wish'd. To die, to sleep; To sleep: perchance to dream; ay, there's the rub; For in that sleep of death what dreams may come When we have shuffled off this mortal coil, Must give us pause: there's the respect That makes calamity of so long life...
Página 120 - I know my course. The spirit that I have seen May be the devil : and the devil hath power To assume a pleasing shape; yea, and perhaps Out of my weakness and my melancholy, — As he is very potent with such spirits, — Abuses me to damn me: I'll have grounds More relative than this: — the play's the thing Wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king.
Página 122 - I'll give thee this plague for thy dowry : be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow, thou shalt not escape calumny. Get thee to a nunnery, go ; farewell. Or, if thou wilt needs marry, marry a fool, for wise men know well enough what monsters you make of them.
Página 34 - And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour: and this was my portion of all my labour.
Página 28 - For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts ; even one thing befalleth them : as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath ; so that a man hath no pre-eminence above a beast : for all is vanity. All go unto one place ; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.
Página 30 - Propagation, Culture, and Arrangement of Plants in FlowerGardens all the year round. With Engraved Plans. By DAVID THOMSON, Gardener to his Grace the Duke of Buccleuch, K..T.