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  ...understand them. Philosophy is consciousness taking account of itself with all that it contains. Now consciousness may contain a new life--the facts of regeneration and of salvation, that is to say, Christian experience. The understanding of the Christian consciousness is an integral part of philosophy, as the Christian consciousness is a leading form of religious consciousness, and religious consciousness an essential form of consciousness.
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An error is the more dangerous in proportion to the degree of truth which it contains.  
Look twice, if what you want is a just conception; look once, if what you want is a sense of beauty.
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A man only understands what is akin to something already existing in himself.
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Common sense is the measure of the possible; it is composed of experience and prevision; it is calculation applied to life.
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The wealth of each mind is proportioned to the...
 
Amiel, Henri Frederic

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Henri Frdric Amiel (September 27, 1821 - May 11, 1881) was a Swiss philosopher, poet and critic.

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