The Sense of Beauty; Being the Outlines of æsthetic Theory
The Sense of Beauty; Being the Outlines of æsthetic Theory
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For this would give the mind instantaneous impressions depend- ent upon the presence and nature of distant objects.
To this circumstance we must attribute the primacy of sight in our perception, a primacy that makes light the natural symbol of knowl- edge. "When the time came for our intelligence to take the great metaphysical leap, and conceive its content as permanent and independent, or, in other words, to imagine things, the idea of these things had to be constructed out of the materials al...ready present to the mind. But the fittest material for such construction was that furnished by the eye, since it is the eye that brings us into widest relations with our actual environment, and gives us the quickest warning of approaching impressions. Sight has a prophetic function. ; "We are less interested in it for itself than for | the suggestion it brings of what may follow after.
Sight is a method of presenting psychically what is practically absent; and as the essence of the thing is its existence in our absence, the thing is , spontaneously conceived in terms of sight.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
For this would give the mind instantaneous impressions depend- ent upon the presence and nature of distant objects.
To this circumstance we must attribute the primacy of sight in our perception, a primacy that makes light the natural symbol of knowl- edge. "When the time came for our intelligence to take the great metaphysical leap, and conceive its content as permanent and independent, or, in other words, to imagine things, the idea of these things had to be constructed out of the materials al...ready present to the mind. But the fittest material for such construction was that furnished by the eye, since it is the eye that brings us into widest relations with our actual environment, and gives us the quickest warning of approaching impressions. Sight has a prophetic function. ; "We are less interested in it for itself than for | the suggestion it brings of what may follow after.
Sight is a method of presenting psychically what is practically absent; and as the essence of the thing is its existence in our absence, the thing is , spontaneously conceived in terms of sight.
What to read after The Sense of Beauty; Being the Outlines of æsthetic Theory?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Santayana George to read onlineMoreLess
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