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The day-book of John Stuart Blackie

This book compiles a series of essays and personal reflections from the Scottish philosopher and writer John Stuart Blackie, covering a range of topics including philosophy, literature, and personal anecdotes. more

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John Stuart Blackie
John Stuart Blackie

John Stuart Blackie was a Scottish writer, philosopher, and scholar whose works spanned a wide range of fields including literature, philosophy, religion, and ethics. He had a profound impact on Scottish culture in the 19th century. more

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“The growth of all the plants of the garden from seeds and roots keep us mindful, in accordance with of the Parable of the Sower, of the need for our loving, mortified reception and cultivation in our hearts and souls of the seeds and roots of the supernatural gifts and virtues necessary for progress in the ascetical/mystical ascent of our souls toward union with God and with the divine will for Creation and Kingdom”

“Untwisting all the chains that tie The hidden soul of harmony.”

“In discourse more sweet; For eloquence the soul, song charms the sense. Others apart sat on a hill retir'd, In thoughts more elevate, and reason'd high Of providence, foreknowledge, will, and fate, Fix'd fate, free-will, foreknowledge absolute; And found no end, in wand'ring mazes lost.”

“Softly sweet, in Lydian measures, Soon he sooth'd his soul to pleasures. War, he sung, is toil and trouble; Honour but an empty bubble; Never ending, still beginning, Fighting still, and still destroying. If all the world be worth the winning, Think, oh think it worth enjoying: Lovely Thais sits beside thee, Take the good the gods provide thee.”