...what next to do. The philosophy he had trusted in seemed to be doubtful; the penance he had practiced so long had brought no certainty, no peace ; and all...looked at all earthly good as vanity, worthless and transit tory. Nay, more, he had thought that it contained within itself the seeds of evil, and must...

...wisdom. There he remained through the long hours of that day, debating with himself what next to do. All his old temptations came back upon him with renewed...force. For years he had looked at all earthly good through the medium of a philosophy which taught him that it, without exception, contained within itself...

...what next to do. The philosophy he had trusted in seemed to be doubtful ; the penance he had practiced so long had brought no certainty, no peace ; and all...temptations came back upon him with renewed force. . . . Thus he agonized in his doubt from the early morning until sunset. But as the day ended the religious...

...enlightenment, what are we to understand by the attacks of Màra's armies ? It means, said Rhys Davids, that " all his old temptations came back upon him with renewed force. For years lie had looked at all earthly gjod through the medium of a philosophy which taught him that it, without...