supersensual

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It is no easy appropriation of supersensual graces, but a deeper entering into the mystery of life, a richer, more profound, participation in pain, effort, as well as joy.

From Ruysbroeck by Underhill, Evelyn

In his supersensual way he had cared for her; and her nature, with all its murkiness, had responded to the supersensual appeal.

From The Creators A Comedy by Sinclair, May

Hence followed an ascetic morality, and a supersensual philosophy.

From History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) by Lecky, William Edward Hartpole

Of the symptoms of true love—mental or sentimental, esthetic and sympathetic, altruistic and supersensual, he knows no more than Sappho did a thousand years before him.

From Primitive Love and Love-Stories by Finck, Henry Theophilus

It alone extends the narrow horizon of their thoughts, supplies the images of their dreams, allures them to the supersensual and the ideal.

From History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 2 of 2) by Lecky, William Edward Hartpole