 | Aristotle, Thomas Twining - 1812 - 380 pages
...beautiful, whether it — ">a of a certain be an animal, or any other thing composed of MAONITUDE* different parts, must not only have those parts arranged...be, for example, if he were surveying an animal of many miles in length. As, therefore, in animals, and other objects, a certain magnitude is requisite,... | |
 | Aristotle, Thomas Twining - 1812 - 386 pages
...the eye comprehends the whole too instantaneously to distinguish and compare the parts:—neither, on the contrary, can one of a prodigious size be beautiful;...be, for example, if he were surveying an animal of many miles in length. As, therefore, in animals, and other objects, a certain magnitude is requisite,... | |
 | Aristotle - 1815 - 492 pages
...certain manner, but must also be of a certain magnitude; for beauty consists in magnitude and order61. Hence it is that no very minute animal can be beautiful;...parts cannot be seen at once, the whole, the unity c of object, is lost to the spectator; as it would be, for example, if he were surveying an animal... | |
 | Philip Wentworth Buckham - 1830 - 628 pages
...has a certain magnitude; for a thing may be entire, and a whole, and yet not be of any magnitude l. 1 . By entire, I mean that which has a beginning,...be, for example, if he were surveying an animal of many miles in length. As, therefore, in animals and other objects, a certain magnitude is requisite,... | |
 | 1868 - 522 pages
...requisite, so prodigious size cannot be truly beautiful, because, as all the parts cannot be viewed at once, the whole (the unity of object) is lost to the spectator. The effect of colouring marblo is manifested in 1174, " The Bather," by M. Edwards; and of tinting... | |
 | John William Donaldson - 1836 - 636 pages
...also a certain magnitude ; for a thing may be entire, and a whole, and yet not be of any magnitude. \. By entire, I mean that which has a beginning, a middle,...be, for example, if he were surveying an animal of many miles in length. As, therefore, in animals and other objects, a certain magnitude is requisite,... | |
 | John William Carleton - 1868 - 520 pages
...requisite, so prodigious size cannot be truly beautiful, because, as all the parts cannot be viewed at once, the whole (the unity of object) is lost to the spectator. The effect of colouring marble is manifested in 1174, " The Bather," by M. Edwards; and of tinting... | |
 | John Richard Darley (Bp. of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh) - 1840 - 580 pages
...properly, is not at liberty to begin, or end, where ho pleases, but must conform to these definitions. only have those parts arranged in a certain manner,...be, for example, if he were surveying an animal of many miles in length. As, therefore, in animals and other objects, a certain magnitude is requisite,... | |
 | Aristotle - 1851 - 90 pages
...prodigious size be beautiful ; because, as all its parts cannot be seen at once, the whole, the (a) unity of object, is lost to the spectator ; as it...be, for example, if he were surveying an animal of many miles in length, (b) As, therefore, in animals, and other objects, a certain magnitude is requisite,... | |
 | Alexandre Rodolphe Vinet - 1858 - 480 pages
...is that no very minute animal can be beautiful ; the eye comprehends the whole too instantaneouslv, to distinguish and compare the parts : neither, on...object — is lost to the spectator; as it would be, if he were surveying an animal many miles long. A certain magnitude is requisite, but such as to present... | |
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Again: whatever is beautiful, whether it be an animal or any other thing composed of different parts, must not only have those parts arranged in a certain manner, but must also be of a certain magnitude; for beauty consists in magnitude and order. Hence... 
