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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... mind : and fome circumftances render our enquiries on this fubject , flight and accidental , which do not extend their influence to the others . The phenomena of the mind have not so great fteddinefs of exiftence , as the qualities of ...
... mind : and fome circumftances render our enquiries on this fubject , flight and accidental , which do not extend their influence to the others . The phenomena of the mind have not so great fteddinefs of exiftence , as the qualities of ...
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... mind , how- ever diftinct in themselves , are gene- rally complicated in their energies . Scarce any of them can be exerted in perfection , without the affiftance of many others . On this account , it is very difficult to collect the ...
... mind , how- ever diftinct in themselves , are gene- rally complicated in their energies . Scarce any of them can be exerted in perfection , without the affiftance of many others . On this account , it is very difficult to collect the ...
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... mind , capable of remarking circum- stances and investigating general laws , which lay concealed from others ( ƒ ) . The greatness detur , id quod conftat inter omneis , primus a rebus occultis , et ab ipfa hatura involutis , in quibus ...
... mind , capable of remarking circum- stances and investigating general laws , which lay concealed from others ( ƒ ) . The greatness detur , id quod conftat inter omneis , primus a rebus occultis , et ab ipfa hatura involutis , in quibus ...
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Alexander Gerard. dous edifice of knowlege , of which his.com- prehensive mind had formed the plan . In every art and science , then , the praife of genius is bestowed on invention , and is proportioned to the degree of it . In general ...
Alexander Gerard. dous edifice of knowlege , of which his.com- prehensive mind had formed the plan . In every art and science , then , the praife of genius is bestowed on invention , and is proportioned to the degree of it . In general ...
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... Mind , Genius properly belongs . INCE invention is the infallible crite- SIN rion of Genius , we cannot better investi- gate the nature of Genius , than by enquiring , what power of the mind it is , that qualifies a man for invention ...
... Mind , Genius properly belongs . INCE invention is the infallible crite- SIN rion of Genius , we cannot better investi- gate the nature of Genius , than by enquiring , what power of the mind it is , that qualifies a man for invention ...
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affiftance affociating principles affociating qualities almoſt alſo arifes ariſes artiſt arts becauſe cafe caufe cauſe cife circumftances cloſely compariſon conclufions confequence confiderable connected connexion courſe cuftom defcription defign degree difpofition diftinct diſcover diſcovery effect exerciſe exertions experience faid fame fancy fenfe feveral fhows fimilar fion firft firſt fome fometimes fpecies ftrength ftrong ftrongly fubject fufficient fuggeft fuitable gination greateſt himſelf imagination influence inftances introduce invention inveſtigation itſelf ject judgment kinds of genius leaſt lefs likewife manner meaſure memory ment mind moft moſt muft muſt nature neceffary nexion nius obferved objects occafion Orat paffion perceive perception perfect perfon philofopher PLIN poet poffeffed preſent principle of affociation produce propenfity purpoſe quæ real genius reaſon refpect relations relations of ideas render reſemblance ſcarce ſcience ſenſe ſeveral ſome ſuch ſuggeſted tafte taſte thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe tion tural underſtanding uſe variety καὶ