From the Aesthetic Point of View; Part 1; The Period From Langland to Spenser
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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? About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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