Amiel's Journal: The Journal Intimé of Henri Frédéric Amiel, Tr., with an Introducion and Notes |
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Page 117
... beauty ; for the mind's first need is light ; light means order , and order means , in the first place , the distinction of the parts , in the second , their regular ac- tion . Beauty is based on reason . August 7 , 1863. -A walk after ...
... beauty ; for the mind's first need is light ; light means order , and order means , in the first place , the distinction of the parts , in the second , their regular ac- tion . Beauty is based on reason . August 7 , 1863. -A walk after ...
Page 242
... beauty which is superficial , gladsome , radiant , and palpable , the æsthetic sense discovers another order of beauty altogether , hidden , veiled , secret and mys- erious , akin to moral beauty . This sort of beauty only reveals ...
... beauty which is superficial , gladsome , radiant , and palpable , the æsthetic sense discovers another order of beauty altogether , hidden , veiled , secret and mys- erious , akin to moral beauty . This sort of beauty only reveals ...
Page 243
... beauty which is incontestable . Charm , perhaps , is a better name for the esoteric and paradoxical beauty , which escapes the vulgar , and appeals to our dreamy , meditative side . Classical beauty belongs , so to speak , to all eyes ...
... beauty which is incontestable . Charm , perhaps , is a better name for the esoteric and paradoxical beauty , which escapes the vulgar , and appeals to our dreamy , meditative side . Classical beauty belongs , so to speak , to all eyes ...
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