world spirit
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The great world spirit paid no more attention to the prone and weeping woman than to the motes, that were swimming gaily in the sunbeams.
From The Redemption of David Corson by Goss, Charles Frederic
They consider that security for industry and freedom for the individual can best be preserved in Ireland by the maintenance of the Union, and that the world spirit is with the great empires.
From Imaginations and Reveries by Russell, George William
The fundamental idea from which Philo starts is a Platonic one; the dualism of God and the world, spirit and matter.
From History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7) by Buchanan, Neil
The world spirit was—not creeping in, but—walking boldly into the life of the Church.
From Quiet Talks on the Crowned Christ of Revelation by Gordon, S. D. (Samuel Dickey)
Is it not at least equally reasonable to assume that there are many spirits, or many shapes taken by the superpersonal world spirit, with which the soul can get into touch?
From Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 1 by Eliot, Charles, Sir
