 That the end of life is not action but contemplation — being as distinct ~] from doing — a certain disposition of the mind: is, in some shape or other, the principle of all the higher morality. In poetry, in art, if you enter into their true spirit...  Littell's Living Age - Page 2691874Full view - About this book
 | 1885 - 788 pages
...significance, is, says Mr. Pater, in the essay already alluded to, the aim of all culture. Moreover, "that the end of life is not action, but contemplation,...the principle of all the higher morality. In poetry, as in art, if you enter into their true spirit at all, you touch this principle in part ; these, by... | |
 | M. ABDY-WILLIAMS - 1885 - 780 pages
...significance, is, says Mr. Pater, in the essay already alluded to, the aim of all culture. Moreover, "that the end of life is , not action, but contemplation,...the principle of all the higher morality. In poetry, as in art, if you enter into thentrue spirit at all, you touch this principle in part ; these, by their... | |
 | Walter Pater - English literature - 1889 - 284 pages
...itself and what is desirable only as machinery, that when the battle which he and his friends \vpre waging had been won, the world would need more than...their true spirit at all, you touch this principle, in a measure : these, by their very sterility, are a type of beholding for the mere joy of beholding.... | |
 | English periodicals - 1890 - 1148 pages
...in the complexion of modern poetry. Later on he explains this practice on the following principle : That the end of life is not action but contemplation...mind : is in some shape or other the principle of the higher morality. . . . Wordsworth, and other poets who have been like him in ancient or modern... | |
 | Calendars - 1895 - 416 pages
...shadow's bliss. MERCHANT OP VENICE ii. 9f I "^H AT the end of life is not action, but contem-* plation — being as distinct from doing — a certain disposition...their true spirit at all, you touch this principle, in a measure: these, by their very sterility, are a type of beholding for the mere joy of beholding. WALTER... | |
 | Walter Pater - English literature - 1895 - 290 pages
...keeping alive and nourishing.* That the end of life is not action but contemplation — -being~~zs, disposition of the mind : is, in some shape or other. the principle of all thejiigher morality. In poetry, In art, if you enter into their true spirit at all, you touch this... | |
 | John Franklin Genung - English language - 1900 - 694 pages
...suggestion of abruptness. Examples. — i. Of the dash as a mark of abruptness, a. Slipped-in explanation. "That the end of life is not action but contemplation...some shape or other, the principle of all the higher morality."1 — "But taking the Frenchman who is commonly in view — the usual type of speaking, doing,... | |
 | John Franklin Genung - English language - 1900 - 702 pages
...suggestion of abruptness. EXAMPLES. — 1. Of the dash as a mark of abruptness, a. Slipped-in explanation. "That the end of life is not action but contemplation...some shape or other, the principle of all the higher morality."1 — "But taking the Frenchman who is commonly in view — the usual type of speaking, doing,... | |
 | 1899 - 948 pages
...realm of personal morality, is the philosophy and programme of the Christian faith. Christ taught that, "Being as distinct from doing, a certain disposition of the mind," is the principle of the highest righteousness ; and He sought first of all to restore men to pure being,... | |
 | Walter Pater - 1901 - 364 pages
...the end of life is not action but contem'plation — being as distinct from doing — a certain 2 5 disposition of the mind : is, in some shape or other,...their true spirit at all, you touch this principle, in a measure : these, by their very sterility, are a type of beholding for the mere 30 joy of beholding.... | |
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