Ernst, Baron von Feuchtersleben: Object

Ernst, Baron von Feuchtersleben was Austrian psychiatrist, poet and philosopher. Explore interesting quotes on object.
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“We live in stormy and unsettled times. Hence we may confer a benefit, not only on ourselves, but on others, by diverting attention from the exciting circumstances of the present day—from the disheartening eccentricities of a literature which meanders in a thousand frivolous directions—to the calm regions where the inner man, self-examined, submits himself to moral treatment. Here our connection with things, our object, our duty, become clear; and, while we quietly separate ourselves from a world which is unable to assure us of anything, we feel that the joy we thought lost again returns, and that a second innocence spreads its clear and tranquillizing light over human existence. The child may amuse himself with childish rhymes. Man should find his recreation in reflecting on his relation to the things of this life. To all has this power been vouchsafed; by all should it be exercised.”

Ernst, Baron von Feuchtersleben

The Dietetics of the Soul; Or, True Mental Discipline (1838)

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“It is not enough to contemplate ourselves objectively; we must also treat ourselves objectively.”

Ernst, Baron von Feuchtersleben

The Dietetics of the Soul; Or, True Mental Discipline (1838)

“You must master an object before you attempt to despise it.”

Ernst, Baron von Feuchtersleben

The Dietetics of the Soul; Or, True Mental Discipline (1838)

“Our minds are so constituted that a change of objects brings nearly as much relief as actual repose.”

Ernst, Baron von Feuchtersleben

The Dietetics of the Soul; Or, True Mental Discipline (1838)

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