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Hardback, [PU: Forgotten Books], Excerpt from Essays: Second Series Are often persons who have acquired some knowledge of admired pictures or sculptures, and have an inclination for whate… Mehr…

Hardback, [PU: Forgotten Books], Excerpt from Essays: Second Series Are often persons who have acquired some knowledge of admired pictures or sculptures, and have an inclination for whatever is elegant; but if you inquire whether they are beautiful souls, and whether their own acts are like fair pictures, you learn that they are selfish and sen sual. Their cultivation is local, as if you should rub a log of dry wood in one spot to produce fire, all the rest remaining cold. Their know ledge of the fine arts is some study of rules and particulars, or some limited judgment of color or form, which is exercised for amusement or for show. It is a proof of the shallowness of the doctrine of beauty as it lies in the minds of our amateurs, that men seem to have lost the perception of the instant dependence of form upon soul. There is no doctrine of forms in our philosophy. We were put into our bodies, as fire is put into a pan to be carried about but there is no accurate adjustment between the spirit and the organ, much less is the latter the germination of the former. So in regard to other forms, the intellectual men do not believe in. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works., Literary Essays<

ISBN: 9780484731669

Hardback, [PU: Forgotten Books], Excerpt from Essays: Second Series Are often persons who have acquired some knowledge of admired pictures or sculptures, and have an inclination for whate… Mehr…

Hardback, [PU: Forgotten Books], Excerpt from Essays: Second Series Are often persons who have acquired some knowledge of admired pictures or sculptures, and have an inclination for whatever is elegant; but if you inquire whether they are beautiful souls, and whether their own acts are like fair pictures, you learn that they are selfish and sen sual. Their cultivation, is local, as if you should rub a log of dry wood in one spot to produce fire, all the rest remaining cold. Their know ledge of the fine. Arts is some study of rules and. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works., Literary Essays<

ISBN: 9780484731669

Hardback, [PU: Forgotten Books], The digital edition of all books may be viewed on our website before purchase. Excerpt from Essays: Second Series (Classic Reprint) About the Publisher… Mehr…

Hardback, [PU: Forgotten Books], The digital edition of all books may be viewed on our website before purchase. Excerpt from Essays: Second Series (Classic Reprint) About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works. This text has been digitally restored from a historical edition. Some errors may persist, however we consider it worth publishing due to the work's historical value. The digital edition of all books may be viewed on our website before purchase., Literary Essays<

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