The vocation of man, tr. by W. Smith |
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absolutely according action activity actual affection appear arises assume attained cloth colour compelled conceive conception connexion determined didst dost thou duty earnest existence external faith feel feelest FICHTE Fichte's finite FRANCIS WILLIAM NEWMAN freedom German human immediate consciousness impulse independent individual Infinite intuition JAMES MARTINEAU JOHANN GOTTLIEB FICHTE JOHN JAMES TAYLER JOSEPH BLANCO WHITE knowest latter laws of thought LEOPOLD SCHEFER manifestation means merely mind mode moral never object original outward particular perceive perception philosophy possess possible Post 8vo power of Nature present principle of causality proceed produce pure purpose reality reason regard relation result sciousness sensation sensation of sight sensuous sight smooth soul space Spirit surface thee THEODORE PARKER thine things Thomas Carlyle thou art thou canst thou dost thou hast thou perceivest thou wilt thought thyself tion true truth virtuous vocation voice whole wholly WILLIAM SMITH world of sense
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Page 180 - Thou art, and seemest to Thine own being, I can never know, any more than I can assume Thy nature. After thousands upon thousands of spirit-lives, I shall comprehend Thee as little as I do now in this earthly house. That which I conceive. becomes finite through my very conception of it : and this...
Page 194 - ... to my heart. In all the forms that surround me, I behold the reflection of my own being, broken up into countless diversified shapes, as the morning sun, broken in a thousand dew-drops, sparkles towards itself.