 | John George Robertson, Charles Jasper Sisson - 1921 - 422 pàgines
...to attend to the objects by which he is surrounded. ...It will follow pretty exactly too, that all men's perceptions of beauty will be nearly in proportion to the degree of social sympathy and sensibility' that they possess. Jeffrey clung to that view, regretfully sometimes,... | |
 | John George Robertson, Charles Jasper Sisson - 1921 - 424 pàgines
...to attend to the objects by which he is surrounded. ...It will follow pretty exactly top, that all men's perceptions of beauty will be nearly in proportion to the degree of social sympathy and sensibility' that they possess. Jeffrey clung to that view, regretfully sometimes,... | |
 | René Wellek - 1981 - 472 pàgines
...movements of tenderness or pity towards sentient beings." Thus Jeffrey is compelled to conclude that "all men's perceptions of beauty will be nearly in proportion...their sensibility and social sympathies," and that "all tastes are equally just and correct." But he balks at the implication that the best taste would... | |
 | René Wellek - 1978 - 768 pàgines
...not differ at all from the direct movements of tenderness or pity towards sentient beings.« »All men's perceptions of beauty will be nearly in proportion...degree of their sensibility and social sympathies ... all tastes are equally just and correct.« »... employ only such objects as are the natural signs,... | |
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In so far as mere feeling and enjoyment are concerned, therefore, it seems evident that the best taste must be that which belongs to the best affections, the most active fancy, and the most attentive habits of observation. It will follow pretty exactly... 
