AN

ANALYTICAL INQUIRY

INTO THE

PRINCIPLES OF TASTE.

BY RICHARD PAYNE KNIGHT.

THE THIRD EDITION,

Quid placet aut odio est, quod non mutabile credas?
Τοιος γαρ ναος εςτιν επιχθονίων ανθρωπων,
Οἷον επ' ημας αγῇσι πατηρ ανδρών τε θεώντε.

London:

Printed by Luke Hansard, near Lincoln's-Inn Fields,

FOR T. PAYNE, MEWS-GATE; AND J. WHITE, FLEET-STREET,

CONTENTS.

INTRODUCTION, p. 1.

Containing a Sceptical View of the Subject,

1. In its Principles.

2. In Building, Furniture, Gardening, and Dress.

3. In imitative Art.

4. In Style.

5. In the Productions of Nature.

6. Of the Word Beauty.

7. Applied to intellectual as well as sensible Qualities.

8. Variations in its Meaning.

9. As to the Sexes in Mankind.

10. Mr. Hume's Opinion considered.

11. Sexual Tastes of Brutes.

r2. Double Meaning of the word Taste.

PART I. p. 19.

OF SENSATION.

CHAP. I. OF THE SENSE OF TASTE.

1. Its Organs.

2. Primary or simple Sensation.

3. Variation.

4. Irritation.

5. In different Individuals.

6. Mixed Flavours.

7. & 8. Vitiated and morbid Palates.

9. Their Pleasures and Habits.

10. Why fixed and indispensable.
11. Intoxicating Qualities.

CHAP. II. OF SMELL.

1. Its Organs, and their Modes of Action.

2. Connected with mental Sympathies in Brutes.

3. In Dogs.

4. In Oxen.

5. Mr. Burke's Opinion considered.

6. Sexual Sympathies of Brutes.

CHAP. III. OF TOUCH.

1. Its Modes and Limits-Smoothness.

2. Sexual Sympathies-Irritation.

3. Titillation.

4. Sir Joshua Reynolds's Position confirmed.

5. Internal Stimuli.

6. External Stimuli in Plants.

7. Sensation of Plants, organic Sensations in general.

8. Have no Resemblance to Objects or Ideas. Evi̟-

dence of Sense.

9. Ideas-according to Plato.

10. Scepticism.

11. Its Origin.

12. Inverted Action of the Nerves.

Cessation.

13. Various Pleasures of Cessation or inverted Action.

CHAP. IV. OF HEARING.

1. Organs and Modes of Action.
2. Sound-how conveyed.

3. Its Nature and Causes.

4. Its Effects, Modes, and Degrees of Irritation.
5. Simple and mixed Tones.

6. Connected with mental Sympathies in Animals.

7. In Mankind.

11 & 12. Smoothness, Sharpness, and Brilliancy in
polished and transparent Objects.

13. In the Coats of Animals.

14. In Buildings, Gardens, Pieces of Water, &c.

15. Neatness.

16. General Principles of visible Beauty.

17. Illustrated by particular Instances. Deceptions

of Sight.