 | Joseph Carroll - 1995 - 1096 Seiten
...not be amiss to quote Johnson. In A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland, Johnson remarks that "whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses;...the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings."31 It is, I think, a mark of wisdom to recognize the force of this observation, and we may... | |
 | Greg Clingham - 1997 - 290 Seiten
...local emotion would be impossible, if it were endeavoured, and would be foolish, if it were possible. Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses;...present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings. Far from me and from my friends, be such frigid philosophy as may conduct us indifferent and unmoved... | |
 | Harriet Guest - 2000 - 362 Seiten
...local emotion would be impossible if it were endeavoured, and would be foolish if it were possible. Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses,...present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings. Far from me, and from my friends, be such frigid philosophy, as may conduct us, indifferent and unmoved,... | |
 | Adolphe Pictet - 2000 - 592 Seiten
...would he willingly compromise candour so much as to allow that it is altogether devoid of merit. " Whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future,...present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings ;" and what can be more conducive to this end than the study of man —the study of antiquity—the... | |
 | Alicia Chudo - 2000 - 255 Seiten
...Investigations (Wittgenstein): Let's not quibble about words. Philosophy in the Bedroom (Sade): Whatever removes us from the power of our senses, whatever makes the past, the future, or the distant predominant over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings.... | |
 | Gordon Mursell - 2001 - 604 Seiten
...the wisdom of the past. Here is Johnson movingly pondering his visit to the monastic island of lona: Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses;...present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings. Far from me and from my friends, be such frigid philosophy as may conduct us indifferent and unmoved... | |
 | Jeff McMahan - 2002 - 564 Seiten
...temporally and spatially local that raises us above the level of animals. As Samuel Jolmson once noted. "Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses:...the present. advances us in the dignity of thinking beings."42 Consider. by contrast. Aldous Huxley's description of a woman whose "life was spent in enjoying... | |
 | H. W. Tilman - 2004 - 938 Seiten
...local emotion would be impossible if it were endeavoured, and would be foolish if it were possible. Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses,...future predominate over the present, advances us in dignity of thinking beings. Far from me and from my friends be such frigid philosophy as may conduct... | |
 | George Dekker - 2005 - 342 Seiten
...the Tourist: Guy Mannering and the Turner Illustrations Whatever withdraws us from the power of the senses; whatever makes the past, the distant, or the...present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings. Far from me and from my friends, be such frigid philosophy as may conduct us indifferent and unmoved... | |
 | Mike Walker - 2005 - 308 Seiten
...would like to dedicate the book to him. Mike Walker October, 2004 Dating Methods and the Quaternary Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses;...present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings. Samuel Johnson 1.1 Introduction The Quaternary is the most recent period of the geological record.... | |
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Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses, whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings. 
