A Philosophical Enquiry Into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime And Beautifu
A Philosophical Enquiry Into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime And Beautifu
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GREATNESS f of dimenfion, is a powerful caufe of the fublime. This is too evident, and the obfervation too common, to need any illuftration ; it is not fo common, to confider in what ways greatnefs of dimenfion, vaftnefs of extent, or quantity, has the moft ftrik- ing effed:. For certainly, there are ways, and modes, wherein the fame quantity of extenfion fhall produce greater effefts than it is found to do in others. Exten-^ fion is either in length, height, or depth. Of thefe the length ftrik...es leaft ; an hun- dred yards of even ground will nevet work fuch an effed: as a tower an hun- dred yards high, or a rock or mountain *of that altitude. I am apt to imagine likewife, that height is lefs grand tliaa t Part 4. Fca. 9.
depth; I2a On the SUBLIJVfeE depth ; and that we are more ftruck at looking down from a precipice, than at looking up at an objed: of equal height, but of that I am not very polltive. A perpendicular has more force in form- ing the fublime, than an inclined plane } and the effefts of a rugged and brokerr furface feem ftronger than where it is finooth and poliihed.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
GREATNESS f of dimenfion, is a powerful caufe of the fublime. This is too evident, and the obfervation too common, to need any illuftration ; it is not fo common, to confider in what ways greatnefs of dimenfion, vaftnefs of extent, or quantity, has the moft ftrik- ing effed:. For certainly, there are ways, and modes, wherein the fame quantity of extenfion fhall produce greater effefts than it is found to do in others. Exten-^ fion is either in length, height, or depth. Of thefe the length ftrik...es leaft ; an hun- dred yards of even ground will nevet work fuch an effed: as a tower an hun- dred yards high, or a rock or mountain *of that altitude. I am apt to imagine likewife, that height is lefs grand tliaa t Part 4. Fca. 9.
depth; I2a On the SUBLIJVfeE depth ; and that we are more ftruck at looking down from a precipice, than at looking up at an objed: of equal height, but of that I am not very polltive. A perpendicular has more force in form- ing the fublime, than an inclined plane } and the effefts of a rugged and brokerr furface feem ftronger than where it is finooth and poliihed.
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