...dread omniscience through us over things." It is in this immediate connection that he remarks that " a certain tendency to insanity has always attended the opening of the religious sense in men, as if they had been ' blasted with excess of light.' " It is charitable to believe that from the perceived...

...individual from an ecstasy and trance and prophetic inspiration — which is its rarer appearance I —to the faintest glow of virtuous emotion, in which...attended the opening of the religious sense in men, as if they had been " blasted with excess of light." The trances of Socrates, the " union " of Plotinus,...

...inspiration — which is its rare appearance — to the faintest glow of virtuous emotion in which it warms, like our household fires, all the families and associations of men, and make society possible." * So Emerson, in one of the most striking and suggestive of his Essays. Does...

...character and duration of this enthusiasm varies with the state of the individual, from an ecstacy and trance and prophetic inspiration — which is...attended the opening of the religious sense in men, as if they had been ' blasted with excess of light.' The trances of Socrates, the 'union' of Plotinus, the...

...live and move and have their being, which forms the basis of every thrill of religious emotion, and " warms, like our household fires, all the families...associations of men, and makes society possible." In some minds and moods it reaches the higher stages of vividly felt personal relations between the...

...live and move and have their being, which forms the basis of every thrill of religious emotion, and " warms, like our household fires, all the families...associations of men, and makes society possible." In some minds and moods it reaches the higher stages of vividly felt personal relations between the...

...individual, from an ecstasy and trance and prophetic inspiration,—which is its rarer appearance,—to the faintest glow of virtuous emotion, in which form...attended the opening of the religious sense in men, as if they had been 'blasted with excess of light.' The trances of Socrates, the 'union' of Plotinus, the...

...fvnn an ecstasy ¡\i\<] trance * P. 585. " History of Philosophy." f P. 604. " History of Philosophy." and prophetic inspiration — which is its rarer appearance...of virtuous emotion, in which form it warms, like oar household fires, all the families and associations of men, and makes society possible. A certain...

...character and duration of this enthusiasm varies with the state of the individual, from an ecstasy and trance and prophetic inspiration, — which is...rarer appearance, — to the faintest glow of virtuous emotipn, in which form it warms, like our household fires, all the families and associations of men,...

...The character and duration of this enthusiasm vary with the state of the individual, from an ecstasy and trance and prophetic inspiration, — which is...attended the opening of the religious sense in men, as if they had been " blasted with excess of light." ' The trances of Socrates, the " union " of Plotinus,...