Aesthetics: The science of bea

THERE is a pleasure connected with every form of human action, and with almost every healthy act, whether it be physical, intellectual, or moral. In the intensity and value of these pleasures there is great variety. On the one hand, there is the glow of a physical system, rapid and perfect in its involuntary functions, which, if not always itself a distinct and definable enjoyment, is yet the condition and measure of many enjoyments; and, on the other, the commanding pleasure of right action, which, in its imperial nature, suffers no comparison or valuation of itself with other pleasures. But not only has pleasure been made the attendant and additional reward of healthy action, though that action have sole reference to utility or duty, not only do the physical and the mental machinery include within them something of the play of music, but a perception has been given us, chief among whose objects is the high and peculiar enjoyment which it imparts, -the perception of beauty. The fact that this perception is one of the constituents of our nature -a universal and most character. istic element of manhood - would seem to be an adequate reason why we sh

Some topics in this essay:
SUBJECT-NATURE BEAUTY, simple primary, quality beauty, CULTIVATION TASTE, companionship identity qualities, motives cultivation taste, analysis resolve, art correct art, beautiful objects, perception beauty, rest assertion, fine arts, identity qualities, primary quality, condition existence,