An Essay on GeniusW. Strahan; T. Cadell, 1774 - Počet stran: 434 "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). |
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... Memory , and their In ~ fluence on Genius . 243 SICT . X. Of the Varieties of Judgment , and their Influence on Genius . PART III . Of the Kinds of Genius . - 279 317 SECT . I. Genius twofold ; for Science , or for the Arts . 318 SECT ...
... Memory , and their In ~ fluence on Genius . 243 SICT . X. Of the Varieties of Judgment , and their Influence on Genius . PART III . Of the Kinds of Genius . - 279 317 SECT . I. Genius twofold ; for Science , or for the Arts . 318 SECT ...
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... Memory , and their 14fluence on Genius . 243 Szct . X. Of tbe Varieties of Gadgment , and their Influence on Genius . 279 PART III . of the Kinds of Genius . 317 Sect . I. Genius twofold ; for Science , or for sbe Arts . 318 Sèct . II ...
... Memory , and their 14fluence on Genius . 243 Szct . X. Of tbe Varieties of Gadgment , and their Influence on Genius . 279 PART III . of the Kinds of Genius . 317 Sect . I. Genius twofold ; for Science , or for sbe Arts . 318 Sèct . II ...
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... memory , and confiderable industry . But true genius is very different , and much less fre- quent . GENIUS is properly the faculty of inven- tion ; by means of which a man is qualified for making new discoveries in fcience , or for ...
... memory , and confiderable industry . But true genius is very different , and much less fre- quent . GENIUS is properly the faculty of inven- tion ; by means of which a man is qualified for making new discoveries in fcience , or for ...
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... Memory , Imagi- nation , and Judgment . By recollecting the proper offices of thefe , we fhall be able to de- termine , from which of them Genius derives its origin . ( 6 ) Speaking of the entire unity of Homer's fables , he leaves it ...
... Memory , Imagi- nation , and Judgment . By recollecting the proper offices of thefe , we fhall be able to de- termine , from which of them Genius derives its origin . ( 6 ) Speaking of the entire unity of Homer's fables , he leaves it ...
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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
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Strana 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.
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