Journals and Miscellaneous Notebooks: 1819-1822Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1960 |
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... object over all the immense circuit of intermediate objects to that one , most re- mote of all , from our present contemplation . In this principle is lodged the safety of human institutions and human life . For suppose ambition excite ...
... object over all the immense circuit of intermediate objects to that one , most re- mote of all , from our present contemplation . In this principle is lodged the safety of human institutions and human life . For suppose ambition excite ...
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... objects of mathematical science may surely claim an early attention . [ 32 ] We may certainly by this time venture to measure the earth which we tread , to count the num- ber and measure the magnitude of the stars by whose mutual attrac ...
... objects of mathematical science may surely claim an early attention . [ 32 ] We may certainly by this time venture to measure the earth which we tread , to count the num- ber and measure the magnitude of the stars by whose mutual attrac ...
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... objects will fix upon inanimate objects - upon the moun- tains or the clouds & endow them with life & thought or on the Sun & call him God of Day . Such is the origin of idolatry & idolatry is the first step to a pure & philosophic ...
... objects will fix upon inanimate objects - upon the moun- tains or the clouds & endow them with life & thought or on the Sun & call him God of Day . Such is the origin of idolatry & idolatry is the first step to a pure & philosophic ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | xiii |
The Manuscripts | xxxiv |
The Source of the Text | xlii |
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