Hamann's Schriften, herausg. von F. Roth. 8 Theile [in 9].

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Pagina 73 - Go, wondrous creature! mount where Science guides, Go, measure earth, weigh air, and state the tides; Instruct the planets in what orbs to run, Correct old Time, and regulate the sun; Go, soar with Plato to th...
Pagina 17 - Par ma foi, il ya plus de quarante ans que je dis de la prose, sans que j'en susse rien; et je vous suis le plus obligé du monde de m'avoir appris cela.
Pagina 123 - Hence it is evident, that those things which under the notion of a cause cooperating or concurring to the production of effects, are altogether inexplicable, and run us into great absurdities, may be very naturally explained, and have a proper and obvious use assigned them, when they are considered only as marks or signs for our information.
Pagina 16 - Non, monsieur. Tout ce qui n'est point prose est vers, et tout ce qui n'est point vers est prose.
Pagina 123 - ... idea not being used in common discourse to signify the several combinations of sensible qualities, which are called things: and it is certain that any expression which varies from the familiar use of language, will seem harsh and ridiculous. But this doth not concern the truth of the proposition, which in other words is no more than to say, we are fed and clothed with those things which we perceive immediately by our senses.
Pagina 73 - Know then thyself, presume not God to scan; The proper study of Mankind is Man. Plac'd on this isthmus of a middle state, A Being darkly wise, and rudely great: With too much knowledge for the Sceptic side, With too much weakness for the Stoic's pride, He hangs between; in doubt to act, or rest...
Pagina 124 - In vain do we extend our view into the heavens and pry into the entrails of the earth, in vain do we consult the writings of learned men and trace the dark footsteps of antiquity — we need only draw the curtain of words, to hold the fairest tree of knowledge, whose fruit is excellent, and within the reach of our hand.
Pagina 287 - Mon père, c'est qu'à la rigueur il n'ya point de lois pour le sage... — Parlez plus bas... — Toutes étant sujettes à des exceptions, c'est à lui qu'il appartient de juger des cas où il faut s'y soumettre ou s'en affranchir.
Pagina 114 - ... et des actions; elle travaille à rendre les caractères uniformes et suivis; et cet amour du vraisemblable la jette très-souvent dans le faux. Il s'en faut bien que la nature ne soit renfermée dans les petites règles qui font notre vraisemblable , et qu'elle...
Pagina 62 - The only passage I meet with in antiquity, where the obligation of obedience to government is ascribed to a promise, is in Plato's Crito : where Socrates refuses to escape from prison, because he had tacitly promised to obey the laws. Thus he builds a Tory consequence of passive obedience on a Whig foundation of the original contract.

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