“ In the fog of good and evil affections, it is hard for man to walk forward in a straight line. ”
Ralph Waldo Emerson, Intellect (1841). copy citation
| Author | Ralph Waldo Emerson |
|---|---|
| Source | Intellect |
| Topic | evil affection |
| Date | 1841 |
| Language | English |
| Reference | in "Essays: First Series" |
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| Weblink | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Essays:_First_Series/Intellect |
Context
“Intellect separates the fact considered from you, from all local and personal reference, and discerns it as if it existed for its own sake. Heraclitus looked upon the affections as dense and colored mists. In the fog of good and evil affections, it is hard for man to walk forward in a straight line. Intellect is void of affection, and sees an object as it stands in the light of science, cool and disengaged. The intellect goes out of the individual, floats over its own personality, and regards it as a fact, and not as I and mine.”
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