16 letters found
- 038 To Theo van Gogh. Paris, Thursday, 15 July 1875.
- in note 5:
...ione Christi (The imitation of Christ) by Thomas a Kempis. In this book the writer presents self-abn...
- 054 To Theo van Gogh. Paris, Wednesday, 6 October 1875.
- in note 4:
The imitation of Jesus Christ by Thomas a Kempis.
- 097 To Theo van Gogh. Isleworth, Friday, 10 November 1876.
- in note 2:
Thomas a Kempis, De imitatione Christi (The imitation of Christ).
- 108 To Theo van Gogh. Dordrecht, Friday, 16 March 1877.
- in note 18:
...ous enseigne’ (The truth teaches us) in Thomas a Kempis, L’imitation de Jésus-Christ, i, 3, fro...
- in note 17:
Ps. 80:6 (in KJ Ps. 80:5). Also quoted in Thomas a Kempis, L’imitation de Jésus-Christ, i, 21.
- 112 To Theo van Gogh. Dordrecht, Sunday, 22 and Monday, 23 April 1877.
- in note 11:
...he print Humility, which was published in Thomas a Kempis, L’Imitation de Jésus-Christ. With refl...
- 126 To Theo van Gogh. Amsterdam, Sunday, 5 August 1877.
- in note 30:
...e by various authors, including Claudius, Thomas a Kempis, Fénelon, Spurgeon, J.P. Hasebroek and of...
- 129 To Theo van Gogh. Amsterdam, Tuesday, 4 September 1877.
- in note 24:
See Thomas a Kempis’ De navolging van Christus (Imitation of Christ); title of book i, chapter 25: ...
- in translation:
It’s a curious book, that one by Thomas a Kempis, there are words so deep and serious that one cann...
...amending your whole life’ is written in Thomas a Kempis, and that is what one must do and not give...
- in note 3:
For Thomas a Kempis, L’imitation de Jésus-Christ, see letter 38, n. 5.
- 130 To Theo van Gogh. Amsterdam, Friday, 7 September 1877.
- in translation:
...y bought very cheaply, and The imitation by T. a Kempis in Latin, which I got from Vos and which I h...
- in note 15:
Christoffel Martinus Vos gave Vincent De imitatione Christi by Thomas a Kempis.
- 134 To Theo van Gogh. Amsterdam, Monday, 19 November 1877.
- in note 12:
... L’imitation de Jésus-Christ, the French translation of De imitatione Christi by Thomas a Kempis.
- 135 To Theo van Gogh. Amsterdam, Saturday, 24 and Sunday, 25 November 1877.
- in note 23:
Thomas a Kempis, L’imitation de Jésus-Christ, beginning of book i, chapter 3. Ed. 1850, p. 7. Also...
- in note 22:
Taken from Thomas a Kempis, L’imitation de Jésus-Christ, book i, chapter 2 (end). Ed. 1850, p. 6.
- 137 To Theo van Gogh. Amsterdam, Sunday, 9 December 1877.
- in translation:
..., also a good, solid book; I had sent him Thomae Kempensis de imitatione Christi and written in the f...
...at it was the simple truth, and doesn’t Thomas a Kempis say it when he talks about knowing oneself...
...s that of others. Just look at a man like Thomas a Kempis, constrained by the love of Christ to writ...
- in note 19:
Van Gogh probably got this idea from Thomas a Kempis, De navolging van Christus, book 1, chapter 18, ...
- in note 18:
..., chapter 8 of De navolging van Christus, Thomas a Kempis quoted Luke 14:33: ‘he... that forsaketh...
- in note 10:
...ing or other to do with the subject, from Thomas a Kempis and the Bible. Once he even gave me a copy...
- 139 To Theo van Gogh. Amsterdam, Wednesday, 9 and Thursday, 10 January 1878.
- in translation:
...h a beautiful girl and a man like Parker or T. a Kempis or those painted by Meissonier, and just as ...
- in note 15:
...boarded in Kennington. In connection with Thomas a Kempis, the first-mentioned Parker seems the most...
- 142 To Theo van Gogh. Amsterdam, Sunday, 3 March 1878.
- in note 7:
... a translation, published in Flanders, of Thomas a Kempis’s De imitatione Christi for Theo; it can...
- 143 To Theo van Gogh. Amsterdam, Wednesday, 3 April 1878.
- in note 11:
Thomas a Kempis, L’Imitation de Jésus-Christ, book I, chapter 25, 2. Van Gogh cited the title of t...
- 276 To Anthon van Rappard. The Hague, on or about Sunday, 29 October 1882.
- in translation:
...ing a lot of time with artists. I believe Thomas a Kempis says somewhere: I have never been among me...
- in note 3:
Thomas a Kempis, Imitation of Christ, book i, chapter 20, 5: ‘As often as I have been among men, sa...
- 316 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, on or about Thursday, 15 February 1883.
- in translation:
...oman is L’imitation de Jésus Christ by Thomas a Kempis — the original version, of course, not t...
... French literature than I do. The book by Thomas a Kempis is as beautiful as, for example, Ary Schef...
- in note 6:
...race where Michelet advises women to read Thomas a Kempis. For L’imitation de Jésus-Christ, see l...
1 essay item found
- Van Gogh as a letter-writer / The letters: from conventional to personal
- in letter_writer_2:
...im’s progress. In his Amsterdam period, Thomas a Kempis’s De imitatione Christi, the Oraisons fu...
1 other item found
- Chronology
- in 1877:
... #Transcribes the whole French edition of Thomas a Kempis’s De imitatione Christi and reads Bossue...
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29 September 1872 and 31 July 1890
Person:
Thomas a Kempis (1379/80-1471) Dutch writer
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