It is unhappily true that much insincere Literature and Art, executed solely with a view to effect, does succeed by deceiving the public. George Henry Lewes More Quotes by George Henry Lewes More Quotes From George Henry Lewes In its happiest efforts, translation is but approximation, and its efforts are not often happy. A translation may be good as translation, but it cannot be an adequate reproduction of the original. George Henry Lewes adequate effort may There are many justifications of silence; there can be none of insincerity. George Henry Lewes insincerity justification silence A man may be buoyed up by the efflation of his wild desires to brave any imaginable peril; but he cannot calmly see one he loves braving the same peril; simply because he cannot feel within turn that which prompts another. He sees the danger, and feels not the power that is to overcome it. George Henry Lewes brave sympathy men Remember that every drop of rain that falls bears into the bosom of the earth a quality of beautiful fertility. George Henry Lewes rain beautiful fall "There is one basis of science," says Descartes, "one test and rule of truth, namely, that whatever is clearly and distinctly conceived is true." A profound psychological mistake. It is true only of formal logic, wherein the mind never quits the sphere of its first assumptions to pass out into the sphere of real existences; no sooner does the mind pass from the internal order to the external order, than the necessity of verifying the strict correspondence between the two becomes absolute. The Ideal Test must be supplemented by the Real Test, to suit the new conditions of the problem. George Henry Lewes real mistake two Pliny... makes the statement, and for untrustworthiness of statement he cannot easily be surpassed. George Henry Lewes statements To his [ Plato's ] great disappointment, he found Anaxagoras adducing simple physical reasons, instead of the teleological reasons, which he had expected. Such a teacher could no longer allure him. George Henry Lewes disappointment plato teacher The spontaneous tendency to invoke a Final Cause in explanation of every difficulty is characteristic of metaphysical philosophy. It arises from a general tendency towards the impersonation of abstractions which is visible throughout History. George Henry Lewes finals causes philosophy To write much, and to write rapidly, are empty boasts. The world desires to know what you have done, and not how you did it. George Henry Lewes done desire writing He who is ignorant of Motion, says Aristotle , is necessarily ignorant of all natural things. ...Not only was he entirely in the dark respecting the Laws, he was completely wrong in his conception of the nature of Motion. ...He thought that every body in motion naturally tends to rest. George Henry Lewes ignorant law dark Philosophy and Art both render the invisible visible by imagination. George Henry Lewes imagination philosophy art Science as we now understand the word is of later birth. If its germinal origin may be traced to the early period when Observation, Induction, and Deduction were first employed, its birth must be referred to that comparatively recent period when the mind, rejecting the primitive tendency to seek in supernatural agencies for an explanation of all external phenomena, endeavoured, by a systematic investigation of the phenomena themselves to discover their invariable order and connection. George Henry Lewes agency mind order Roger_Bacon" title="Roger Bacon">Roger Bacon expressed a feeling which afterwards moved many minds, when he said that if he had the power he would burn all the works of the Stagirite, since the study of them was not simply loss of time, but multiplication of ignorance. Yet in spite of this outbreak every page is studded with citations from Aristotle, of whom he everywhere speaks in the highest admiration. George Henry Lewes ignorance loss feelings Whatever lies beyond the limits of experience, and claims another origin than that of induction and deduction from established data, is illegitimate. George Henry Lewes data principles lying To love is for the Soul to choose a companion, and travel with it along the perilous defiles and winding ways of life; mutually sustaining, when it is rugged with obstructions, and mutually rejoicing, when rich broad plains and sunny slopes make journeying delight. George Henry Lewes delight soul love-is Individual experiences being limited and individual spontaneity feeble, we are strengthened and enriched by assimilating the experience of others. George Henry Lewes individual spontaneity There are occasions when the simplest and fewest words surpass in effect all the wealth of rhetorical amplification. George Henry Lewes rhetorical amplification wealth Books minister to our knowledge, to our guidance, and to our delight, by their truth, their uprightness, and their art. George Henry Lewes delight book art Vehemence without feeling is but rant. George Henry Lewes vehemence violence feelings All great authors are seers. George Henry Lewes great-author seers
