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£ the old bourgeoisie of the wrong rationalism, from
poor old omas Paine, who £ to Mr. J.M. Robertson,
.
.
who di ossessed God of infinity in favour of that
universal interval called ace.
It is brilliant to [the] point of nauseousness …
But the rationalist makes no confli with any man’s
opinions. He admits the possibility of the existence of
God & the possibility of that God being the wood idol
of the African wilds. Like Baudelaire, he would say to
the disgusted sailor who wanted to throw that idol into
a corner, “Et si c’était le vrai Dieu ?”
Religion is an emotional need of mankind. e ratio-
nalist may not want it, but he has to admit that other
people may. Itis emotional but it is also a need.
enuine in hakes eare [CFP, –] ; e aconian eres
[CFP, –] ; harles radlau h [CFP, –] ; e namics o
eli ion [CFP, –] ; e axon and the elt [CFP, –] ;
e roblem o “ amlet” [CFP, –] ; “ amlet” Once ore
[CFP, –] ; esus and udas [CFP, –] ; e volution o
tates [CFP, –] ; e istorical esus [CFP, –] ; illiam
rcher as ationalist [CFP, –], a collection of writings edit-
ed by Robertson ; e hiloso hical orks o rancis acon,
ed. with an introduction by Robertson [CFP, –].
. disposses[s]ed
. Baude[al|la]ire, he would say to the h disgusted sailor who wanted
to throw that idol into a corner, in disgust,
. It is an emotional need It
|We may conceive the total of mankind as the pas-
sengers and crew of a ship of fools, left helmless on an
uncharted ocean. ey will make games last while life
endures, and have death for a certainty, with some expec-
tation of being saved, for there may be a better map for
a ship coming on their way.|
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ationalism.
… dreary as a languid gorgeousness, like that of [the]
aeri ueene, which not even Edmund Spenser ever
dared to read through in all the entirety there is of it.
£ the old bourgeoisie of the wrong rationalism, from
poor old omas Paine, who £ to Mr. J.M. Robertson,
. [w|c]oming
. of h the wrong rationalism,
. John Mackinnon Robertson (–) was a member of
the English rationalist movement that emerged in the United
Kingdom between the end of the XIX and the beginning of
the XX century. In Pessoa’s Private Library, there are twenty-
three of Robertson’s books : ioneer umanists [CFP, –] ;
a an rists [CFP, –] ; rownin and enn son as eac -
ers [CFP, –] ; hort istor o reet ou t [CFP,
–] ; ristianit an t o o [CFP, –] ; ssa s on o-
cio o [CFP, –] ; riticisms [CFP, –] ; ssa s in t ics
[CFP, –] ; odern umanists [CFP, –] ; hort is-
tor o ristianit [CFP, –] ; x orations [CFP, –] ; e
. :
£ the old bourgeoisie of the wrong rationalism, from
poor old omas Paine, who £ to Mr. J.M. Robertson,
.
.
who di ossessed God of infinity in favour of that
universal interval called ace.
It is brilliant to [the] point of nauseousness …
But the rationalist makes no confli with any man’s
opinions. He admits the possibility of the existence of
God & the possibility of that God being the wood idol
of the African wilds. Like Baudelaire, he would say to
the disgusted sailor who wanted to throw that idol into
a corner, “Et si c’était le vrai Dieu ?”
Religion is an emotional need of mankind. e ratio-
nalist may not want it, but he has to admit that other
people may. Itis emotional but it is also a need.
enuine in hakes eare [CFP, –] ; e aconian eres
[CFP, –] ; harles radlau h [CFP, –] ; e namics o
eli ion [CFP, –] ; e axon and the elt [CFP, –] ;
e roblem o “ amlet” [CFP, –] ; “ amlet” Once ore
[CFP, –] ; esus and udas [CFP, –] ; e volution o
mankind as the pas-
s, left helmless on an
games last while life
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endures, and have death for a certainty, with some expec-
tation of being saved, for there may be a better map for
a ship coming on their way.|
[r]
ationalism.
… dreary as a languid gorgeousness, like that of [the]
aeri ueene, which not even Edmund Spenser ever
dared to read through in all the entirety there is of it.
£ the old bourgeoisie of the wrong rationalism, from
poor old omas Paine, who £ to Mr. J.M. Robertson,
. [w|c]oming
. of h the wrong rationalism,
. John Mackinnon Robertson (–) was a member of
the English rationalist movement that emerged in the United
Kingdom between the end of the XIX and the beginning of
the XX century. In Pessoa’s Private Library, there are twenty-
three of Robertson’s books : ioneer umanists [CFP, –] ;
a an rists [CFP, –] ; rownin and enn son as eac -
ers [CFP, –] ; hort istor o reet ou t [CFP,
–] ; ristianit an t o o [CFP, –] ; ssa s on o-