[177] Eth. Nic., 1177 b.

[178] Cf. the chapter on William Law and the Mystics in Cambridge History of English Literature, IX, 341-67; also the bibliography of Boehme, ibid., 560-74.

[179] See Excursion, I, VV. 943 ff.

[180] In his attitude towards sin Novalis continues Rousseau and anticipates the main positions of the Christian Scientist.

[181]

Prune thou thy words,

The thoughts control

That o’er thee swell and throng.

They will condense within the soul

And change to purpose strong.