An Essay on GeniusW. Strahan; T. Cadell, 1774 - 434 עמודים "This book covers the following topics related to genius: the nature of genius; the province and criterion of genius; to what faculty of mind genius belongs; how genius arrives from the imagination; the influence of judgment upon genius; the dependence of genius on other intellectual powers; the general sources of the varieties of genius; qualities of ideas which produce association; the influence of the passions on association; reflections of the principles of association; ideas suggested, either by sensations, or by other ideas; the combination of associating principles; the predominance of the associating principles; flexibility of imagination; the varieties of memory, and their influence on genius; the varieties of judgment, and their influence on genius; the kinds of genius; genius twofold, for science, or the the arts; the structure of imagination which distinguishes the two kinds of genius; how the two kinds of genius differ in respect of the assistance which they derive from memory; how the two kinds of genius differ in respect of the assistance which they derive from judgment; the two kinds of genius farther compared and distinguished; taste essential to genius for the arts; the power of execution necessary to genius for the arts; and the union of different kinds of genius"--Book. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2008 APA, all rights reserved). |
מתוך הספר
תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 100
עמוד
... the Varieties of Genius in the Imagination ; particularly of the Qualities of Ideas which produce Association . 108 SECT . II . Of the Influence of Habit on Association . 185 SECT . SECT . III . Of the Influence of the Paffions.
... the Varieties of Genius in the Imagination ; particularly of the Qualities of Ideas which produce Association . 108 SECT . II . Of the Influence of Habit on Association . 185 SECT . SECT . III . Of the Influence of the Paffions.
עמוד
... tbe Varieties of , Genius in sbe Imagination ; particularly . of the Qualities of Ideas which produce dissociation . : 108 Sect . II . Of sbe Influence of Habis on Asociation . Sect . 184 Sect . III . Of the Influence of the 125.
... tbe Varieties of , Genius in sbe Imagination ; particularly . of the Qualities of Ideas which produce dissociation . : 108 Sect . II . Of sbe Influence of Habis on Asociation . Sect . 184 Sect . III . Of the Influence of the 125.
עמוד 2
... produce fuch a fuperficial and fortuitous method of investiga- tion with regard to other fubjects , produce it likewife with regard to the human mind : and fome circumftances render our enquiries on this subject , flight and accidental ...
... produce fuch a fuperficial and fortuitous method of investiga- tion with regard to other fubjects , produce it likewife with regard to the human mind : and fome circumftances render our enquiries on this subject , flight and accidental ...
עמוד 12
... produce all the virtues of their art . On ac- count of original and extenfive invention , thus amazingly difplayed , his title to the first rank of genius , has been acknowleged by all capable and impartial judges . The Eneid is perhaps ...
... produce all the virtues of their art . On ac- count of original and extenfive invention , thus amazingly difplayed , his title to the first rank of genius , has been acknowleged by all capable and impartial judges . The Eneid is perhaps ...
עמוד 30
... produce numberless combinations that are wholly new ( f ) . Even Quæ eft enim forma tam inufitata , tam nulla , quam non fibi ipfe animus poffit effingere ? ut , quæ numquam vidi- mus , ea tamen formata habeamus , oppidorum fitus ...
... produce numberless combinations that are wholly new ( f ) . Even Quæ eft enim forma tam inufitata , tam nulla , quam non fibi ipfe animus poffit effingere ? ut , quæ numquam vidi- mus , ea tamen formata habeamus , oppidorum fitus ...
מהדורות אחרות - הצג הכל
מונחים וביטויים נפוצים
affiftance affociating principles affociating qualities alfo almoſt alſo arifes ariſes artiſt arts aſſociating cafe caufe cauſe circumftances co-exiſtence compariſon conclufions confequence confiderable connected connexion cuftom defcription defign degree difpofition diſcover diſcovery diſplay effect exerciſe exertions experience faid fame fancy fenfe fentiments fimilar firſt fome fometimes fpecies ftrength ftrongly fubject fuch ideas fufficient fuggeft genius gination greateſt himſelf imagination influence inftances introduce invention inveſtigation itſelf judgment kind lefs likewife manner meaſure memory ment mind moft moſt muft muſt nature neceffary neceſſary nexion nius obferved objects occafion Orat paffion perceive perception perfect perfon philofopher PLIN poet poffeffed prefent principle of affociation produce purpoſe purſuing quæ real genius reaſon relations relations of ideas render reſemblance reſpect ſcarce ſcience ſcientific ſenſe ſeveral ſhow ſome ſtrong ſuch ſuggeſted tafte taſte thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe tion tural uſe variety καὶ τὸ
קטעים בולטים
עמוד 108 - Even such a man, so faint, so spiritless, So dull, so dead in look, so woe-begone, Drew Priam's curtain in the dead of night, And would have told him half his Troy was burn'd; But Priam found the fire ere he his tongue, And I my Percy's death ere thou report'st it. This thou would'st say, 'Your son did thus and thus; Your brother thus; so fought the noble Douglas...
עמוד 224 - Windsor, thou didst swear to me then, as I was washing thy wound, to marry me and make me my lady thy wife.
עמוד 333 - First the flaming red Sprung vivid forth; the tawny orange next; And next delicious yellow; by whose side Fell the kind beams of all-refreshing green. Then the pure blue, that swells autumnal skies, Ethereal...
עמוד 144 - ... for he was not able to utter a word without it. One of his clients, who was more merry than wise, stole it from him one day in the midst of his pleading; but he had better have let it alone, for he lost his cause by his jest.
עמוד 31 - There is not a more painful action of the mind than invention ; yet in dreams it works with that ease and activity that we are not sensible when the faculty is employed. For instance, I believe every one, some time or other, dreams that he is reading papers, books, or letters ; in which case the invention prompts so readily, that the mind is imposed...
עמוד 77 - We, Hermia, like two artificial gods, Created with our needles both one flower, Both on one fampler, fitting on one cufhion ; Both warbling of one fong, both in one key ; As if our hands, our fides, voices, and minds Had been incorp'rate.
עמוד 33 - The first and highest is the discovering and finding out of proofs ; the second, the regular and methodical disposition of them, and laying them in a clear and fit order, to make their connexion and force be plainly and easily perceived ; the third is the perceiving their connexion ; and the fourth, a making a right conclusion.
עמוד 100 - Greek legend, a monster with the head of a lion, the body of a goat, and the tail of a dragon.
עמוד 8 - Genius. — Genius is properly the faculty of invention, by means of which a man is qualified for making new discoveries in science, or for producing original works of art. We may ascribe taste, judgment, or knowledge, to a man who is incapable of invention; but we cannot reckon him a man of genius.
עמוד 248 - tis, to caft one's eyes fo low ! The crows and choughs, that wing the midway air.