The Summing UpAutobiographical and confessional, and yet not, this is one of the most highly regarded expressions of a personal credo - both a classic avowal of an author's ideas and his craft. |
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... æsthetic sense . That , however , tells you just about as much as you would know about water if you were told that it was wet . I have read a good many books to discover what the authorities had to say [ 297 ] THE SUMMING UP.
... æsthetic sense . That , however , tells you just about as much as you would know about water if you were told that it was wet . I have read a good many books to discover what the authorities had to say [ 297 ] THE SUMMING UP.
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... æsthetics what it is in human nature that makes it possible for us to get the emotion of beauty and what exactly this emotion is . It is usual enough to talk of the æsthetic instinct : the term seems to give it a place among the ...
... æsthetics what it is in human nature that makes it possible for us to get the emotion of beauty and what exactly this emotion is . It is usual enough to talk of the æsthetic instinct : the term seems to give it a place among the ...
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... æsthetic thrill and that this æsthetic thrill should move us to works . If it is to be anything more than a self- indulgence and an occasion of self - complacency , it must strengthen your character and make it more fitted for right ...
... æsthetic thrill and that this æsthetic thrill should move us to works . If it is to be anything more than a self- indulgence and an occasion of self - complacency , it must strengthen your character and make it more fitted for right ...
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