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From the Aesthetic Point of View; Part 1; The Period from Langland to Spenser: Inaugural Dissertation Presented to the Philosophical Faculty of the University of Leipzig for the Doctor's Degree

Hans Christian Peterson

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Description:Excerpt from From the Aesthetic Point of View; Part 1; The Period From Langland to Spenser: Inaugural Dissertation Presented to the Philosophical Faculty of the University of Leipzig for the Doctor's Degree I have always felt that writings about literature from the aesthetic point of view were very largely valueless for two chief reasons. In the first place such work is not based upon research. It does not rest upon a mass of scientific proof, proceeding from a body of well ascertained facts such as would be demanded in any other department of inquiry. Consequently it fails to appeal to him who believes that increase of knowledge depends first of all upon at least measurably exact methods of investigation. Instead criticism has come to be based upon a certain power of intuitive perception called taste, which, however valuable, can hardly be called a promoter of scientific confidence. In the second place the element of personality enters into writing of this sort more than is permitted in work with any claim to scientific worth. Judgements about literature and art are mostly ex cathedra. With people in general the value of a criticism depends more upon the reputation of the critic than upon any logical scientific excellencies of his work itself. If, as however often happens, it appeals directly by its justice and clearness it does so because the reader has through unconscious growth become the equal of the critic beforehand in appreciation. Criticism unlike science cannot of itself engender belief, cannot instruct in any true sense of the word. It seems to me that these few remarks are in their nature self evident. How many of us have not often felt that aesthetics is indefinite and unsatisfactory?We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with From the Aesthetic Point of View; Part 1; The Period from Langland to Spenser: Inaugural Dissertation Presented to the Philosophical Faculty of the University of Leipzig for the Doctor's Degree. To get started finding From the Aesthetic Point of View; Part 1; The Period from Langland to Spenser: Inaugural Dissertation Presented to the Philosophical Faculty of the University of Leipzig for the Doctor's Degree, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Excerpt from From the Aesthetic Point of View; Part 1; The Period From Langland to Spenser: Inaugural Dissertation Presented to the Philosophical Faculty of the University of Leipzig for the Doctor's Degree I have always felt that writings about literature from the aesthetic point of view were very largely valueless for two chief reasons. In the first place such work is not based upon research. It does not rest upon a mass of scientific proof, proceeding from a body of well ascertained facts such as would be demanded in any other department of inquiry. Consequently it fails to appeal to him who believes that increase of knowledge depends first of all upon at least measurably exact methods of investigation. Instead criticism has come to be based upon a certain power of intuitive perception called taste, which, however valuable, can hardly be called a promoter of scientific confidence. In the second place the element of personality enters into writing of this sort more than is permitted in work with any claim to scientific worth. Judgements about literature and art are mostly ex cathedra. With people in general the value of a criticism depends more upon the reputation of the critic than upon any logical scientific excellencies of his work itself. If, as however often happens, it appeals directly by its justice and clearness it does so because the reader has through unconscious growth become the equal of the critic beforehand in appreciation. Criticism unlike science cannot of itself engender belief, cannot instruct in any true sense of the word. It seems to me that these few remarks are in their nature self evident. How many of us have not often felt that aesthetics is indefinite and unsatisfactory?We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with From the Aesthetic Point of View; Part 1; The Period from Langland to Spenser: Inaugural Dissertation Presented to the Philosophical Faculty of the University of Leipzig for the Doctor's Degree. To get started finding From the Aesthetic Point of View; Part 1; The Period from Langland to Spenser: Inaugural Dissertation Presented to the Philosophical Faculty of the University of Leipzig for the Doctor's Degree, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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