On genius, in which it is attempted to be proved that there is no mental distinction among mankind |
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... PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY , Bromley House , Nottingham , THE FOLLOWING ESSAY , READ AND DISCUSSED AT ONE OF THEIR MEETINGS , December , 1827 , IS MOST RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED , BY THE AUTHOR . ON GENIUS : IN WHICH IT IS ATTEMPTED TO BE TO ...
... PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY , Bromley House , Nottingham , THE FOLLOWING ESSAY , READ AND DISCUSSED AT ONE OF THEIR MEETINGS , December , 1827 , IS MOST RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED , BY THE AUTHOR . ON GENIUS : IN WHICH IT IS ATTEMPTED TO BE TO ...
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... philosophy has thrown over it . " The eye sees not itself but by reflection from some other thing ; " and there are few objects in nature calculated to throw back the light of the mind upon itself . Matter is the subject of its habitual ...
... philosophy has thrown over it . " The eye sees not itself but by reflection from some other thing ; " and there are few objects in nature calculated to throw back the light of the mind upon itself . Matter is the subject of its habitual ...
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... Philosopher . Or , negatively , that it does not consist in acquiring that knowledge which others have taught , however subtle or refined that know- ledge may be . Its attribute is originality . If we sometimes use the term in a lower ...
... Philosopher . Or , negatively , that it does not consist in acquiring that knowledge which others have taught , however subtle or refined that know- ledge may be . Its attribute is originality . If we sometimes use the term in a lower ...
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... all aware that the inductive philosophy of this great man , is founded upon diligent obser- vation , a laborious exercise of the senses . Swift read eight hours every day , and probably C wrote four more . Petrarch pined , and fell into 19.
... all aware that the inductive philosophy of this great man , is founded upon diligent obser- vation , a laborious exercise of the senses . Swift read eight hours every day , and probably C wrote four more . Petrarch pined , and fell into 19.
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... philosopher , " constantly before me , and wait till the first dawnings open slowly , by little and little , into a full and clear light . " How true a portraiture of Genius ! How faithful a description of its labours ! And who is ...
... philosopher , " constantly before me , and wait till the first dawnings open slowly , by little and little , into a full and clear light . " How true a portraiture of Genius ! How faithful a description of its labours ! And who is ...
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Page 48 - To them his heart, his love, his griefs were given, But all his serious thoughts had rest in Heaven. As some tall cliff, that lifts its awful form, Swells from the vale and midway leaves the storm, Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head.
Page 70 - How charming is divine Philosophy! Not harsh and crabbed, as dull fools suppose, But musical as is Apollo's lute, And a perpetual feast of nectar'd sweets, Where no crude surfeit reigns.
Page 9 - Ten censure wrong for one who writes amiss ; A fool might once himself alone expose ; Now one in verse makes many more in prose.
Page 8 - Among great geniuses, those few draw the admiration of all the world upon them, and stand up as the prodigies of mankind, who, by the mere strength of natural parts, and without any assistance of art or learning, have produced works that were the delight of their own times, and the wonder of posterity.
Page 33 - A thinking being, — that is, a being doubting, knowing, affirming, denying, consenting, refusing, susceptible of pleasure and of pain.* Of all these things I might have had complete experience, without any previous acquaintance with the qualities and laws of matter ; and therefore it is impossible that the study of matter can avail me aught in the study of myself.
Page 47 - Emerged, he sat, and mourn'd his Argives slain. At Jove incensed, with grief and fury stung, Prone down the rocky steep he rush'd along ; Fierce as he pass'd, the lofty mountains nod, The forest shakes ; earth trembled as he trod, 30 And felt the footsteps of the immortal god.
Page 10 - Atqui sic a summis hominibus eruditissimisque accepimus, ceterarum rerum studia et doctrina et praeceptis et arte constare, poe'tam natura ipsa valere et mentis viribus excitari et quasi divino quodam spiritu inflari.
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