A Philosophical Enquiry Into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and BeautifulR. and J. Dodsley, 1764 - 342 страница |
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... Beauty 161 SECT . II . Proportion not the cause of Beauty in Vegetables 163 SECT . II . Proportion not the cause of Beauty in Animals 171 SECT . ) SECT . IV . Proportion not the cause of Beauty CONTENTS .
... Beauty 161 SECT . II . Proportion not the cause of Beauty in Vegetables 163 SECT . II . Proportion not the cause of Beauty in Animals 171 SECT . ) SECT . IV . Proportion not the cause of Beauty CONTENTS .
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... Beauty 191 197 SEC T. VII . The real effects of Fit- nefs SECT . VIII . The Recapitulation 202 SECT . IX . Perfection not the cause of Beauty 203 SECT . X. How far the ideas of Beauty may be applied to the qualities of the Mind 205 SEC ...
... Beauty 191 197 SEC T. VII . The real effects of Fit- nefs SECT . VIII . The Recapitulation 202 SECT . IX . Perfection not the cause of Beauty 203 SECT . X. How far the ideas of Beauty may be applied to the qualities of the Mind 205 SEC ...
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... BEAUTY . HE paffion which belongs to ge- neration , merely as fuch , is luft only ; this is evident in brutes ... beauty which they find in their fpecies , as Mr. Addison supposes , but from a law of fome other F 価 other kind to which ...
... BEAUTY . HE paffion which belongs to ge- neration , merely as fuch , is luft only ; this is evident in brutes ... beauty which they find in their fpecies , as Mr. Addison supposes , but from a law of fome other F 価 other kind to which ...
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... beauty of the fex . Men are carried to the fex in general , as it is the sex , and by the common law of nature ; but they are attached to particulars by personal beauty . I call beauty a focial quality › for for where women and men ...
... beauty of the fex . Men are carried to the fex in general , as it is the sex , and by the common law of nature ; but they are attached to particulars by personal beauty . I call beauty a focial quality › for for where women and men ...
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... beauty of women . The other is the great fociety with man and all other animals . The paffion fub- fervient to this is called likewife love , but it has no mixture of luft , and its object is beauty ; which is a name I shall apply to ...
... beauty of women . The other is the great fociety with man and all other animals . The paffion fub- fervient to this is called likewife love , but it has no mixture of luft , and its object is beauty ; which is a name I shall apply to ...
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abfolute affect agreeable almoſt animals arifes aſcertain beau becauſe Befides cafe caufe cauſe of beauty colours complete beauty confider confideration confiftent darkneſs defigned degree delicacy delight deſcription diftinct diſcover eaſy faid fatisfaction fect feem fenfation fenfes fenfible fettle feveral fhall fhew figure fimilar fimply fince fion firſt fitneſs fmall fociety foft fome fomething fpecies ftrength fubject fublime fuch fudden fuffer fufficient fuppofe fure furface horſe idea imagination imitation impoffible infinite infinity itſelf juſt laſt leaſt lefs line of beauty manner meaſures mind moft moſt muſt natural object neceffary neck nefs never obferved paffions pain perfon pleaſed pleaſure poffible pofitive preſent produce proportion purpoſes qualities raiſe reaſon repreſented reſemblance riety ſay SECT ſeems ſenſe ſerve ſeveral ſhall ſhould ſmall ſmooth ſome ſtate ſtriking ſtrong ſuch ſuppoſed Tafte Taſte terror thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe tion underſtanding uſe weakneſs whilft whofe
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