The Living EyeThis volume is a translation of selections of L'Oeil vivant (1961 and 70). Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or. |
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Page 62
... perfect objectivity , he would now trust in a no less perfect subjectivity , letting emotion invade him in an unpredictable , undisci- plined manner . This uncontrolled spontaneity would be truth itself , revealed in its nascent state ...
... perfect objectivity , he would now trust in a no less perfect subjectivity , letting emotion invade him in an unpredictable , undisci- plined manner . This uncontrolled spontaneity would be truth itself , revealed in its nascent state ...
Page 100
... perfect lucidity misspeaks himself , well aware that any effort to dissimulate his awkwardness will only compound the difficulties . On the other hand , in the triumphal note cited earlier from his diary for 1801 , he applauds himself ...
... perfect lucidity misspeaks himself , well aware that any effort to dissimulate his awkwardness will only compound the difficulties . On the other hand , in the triumphal note cited earlier from his diary for 1801 , he applauds himself ...
Page 101
... perfect escapes . Hence it is wrong to see this happiness as a communion successful at last . In reality there is no communion , no " fusion " with contemplated nature . In the ravishing that results in the ultimate absence of ...
... perfect escapes . Hence it is wrong to see this happiness as a communion successful at last . In reality there is no communion , no " fusion " with contemplated nature . In the ravishing that results in the ultimate absence of ...
Contents
JeanJacques Rousseau and the Peril of Reflection | 14 |
Pseudonymous Stendhal | 78 |
The Critical Relation | 112 |
Copyright | |
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