§ 11
Latin: Obi. 9) Aesthetici nascuntur, non fiunt, uti poetae. Resp. Hor. A. Poet. v. 408. Cic. de Or. l. II. c. 60. Bilfinger in dilucidd. § 268. Breitinger von Gleichnissen p. 6. Aestheticum natum iuvat theoria completior, rationis auctoritate commendabilior, exactior, minus confusa, certior, minus trepida, § 3.
English: Objection, 9) aestheticians are born, not made, as poets are. Response: Horace, Ars poetica, v. 408; Cicero, De oratore, book II, chapter 60; Bilfinger in the Dilucidationes, § 268; Breitinger, von Gleichnissen, p. 6. A fuller theory helps the born aesthetician, making him more commendable by the authority of reason, more exact, less confused, more certain, less hesitant, § 3.
Latin: Obi. 9) Aesthetici nascuntur, non fiunt, uti poetae.
English: Objection, 9) aestheticians are born, not made, as poets are.
Latin: Resp. Hor. A. Poet. v. 408. Cic. de Or. l. II. c. 60. Bilfinger in dilucidd. § 268. Breitinger von Gleichnissen p. 6.
English: Response: Horace, Ars poetica, v. 408; Cicero, De oratore, book II, chapter 60; Bilfinger in the Dilucidationes, § 268; Breitinger, von Gleichnissen, p. 6.
Latin: Aestheticum natum iuvat theoria completior, rationis auctoritate commendabilior, exactior, minus confusa, certior, minus trepida, § 3.
English: A fuller theory helps the born aesthetician, making him more commendable by the authority of reason, more exact, less confused, more certain, less hesitant, § 3.
Latin: Obi. 9) Aesthetici nascuntur, non fiunt, uti poetae.
English: Objection, 9) aestheticians are born, not made, as poets are.
Latin: Resp. Hor. A. Poet. v. 408. Cic. de Or.
English: Response: Horace, Ars poetica, v. 408; Cicero, De oratore,
Latin: l. II. c. 60. Bilfinger in dilucidd. § 268.
English: book II, chapter 60; Bilfinger in the Dilucidationes, § 268;
Latin: Breitinger von Gleichnissen p. 6.
English: Breitinger, von Gleichnissen, p. 6.
Latin: Aestheticum natum iuvat theoria completior,
English: A fuller theory helps the born aesthetician, making
Latin: rationis auctoritate commendabilior,
English: him more commendable by the authority of reason,
Latin: exactior, minus confusa, certior, minus trepida, § 3.
English: more exact, less confused, more certain, less hesitant, § 3.
Latin: Obi. 9) Aesthetici nascuntur, non fiunt, uti poetae. English: Objection, 9) aestheticians are born, not made, as poets are.
Latin: Resp. Hor. A. Poet. v. 408. Cic. de Or. l. II. c. 60. Bilfinger in dilucidd. § 268. Breitinger von Gleichnissen p. 6. English: Response: Horace, Ars poetica, v. 408; Cicero, De oratore, book II, chapter 60; Bilfinger in the Dilucidationes, § 268; Breitinger, von Gleichnissen, p. 6.
Latin: Aestheticum natum iuvat theoria completior, rationis auctoritate commendabilior, exactior, minus confusa, certior, minus trepida, § 3. English: A fuller theory helps the born aesthetician, making him more commendable by the authority of reason, more exact, less confused, more certain, less hesitant, § 3.
§ 12
Latin: Obi. 10) Facultates inferiores, caro, debellandae potius sunt, quam excitandae et confirmandae. Resp. a) Imperium in facultates inferiores poscitur, non tyrannis. b) Ad hoc, quatenus naturaliter impetrari potest, manu quasi ducit aesthetica. c) Facultates inferiores non, quatenus corruptae sunt, excitandae confirmandaeque sunt aestheticis, sed iisdem dirigendae, ne sinistris exercitiis magis corrumpantur, aut pigro vitandi abusus praetextu tollatur usus concessi divinitus talenti.
English: Objection, 10) the lower faculties, the flesh, are rather to be conquered than excited and confirmed. Response: a) rule over the lower faculties is demanded, not tyranny. b) To this, insofar as it can be obtained naturally, aesthetics leads, as if by the hand. c) The lower faculties are not to be excited and confirmed by aestheticians insofar as they are corrupt, but are to be directed by the same, lest by wrong exercises they be corrupted more, or, under the lazy pretext of avoiding abuse, the use of a divinely granted talent be taken away.
Latin: Obi. 10) Facultates inferiores, caro, debellandae potius sunt, quam excitandae et confirmandae.
English: Objection, 10) the lower faculties, the flesh, are rather to be conquered than excited and confirmed.
Latin: Resp. a) Imperium in facultates inferiores poscitur, non tyrannis.
English: Response: a) rule over the lower faculties is demanded, not tyranny.
Latin: b) Ad hoc, quatenus naturaliter impetrari potest, manu quasi ducit aesthetica.
English: b) To this, insofar as it can be obtained naturally, aesthetics leads, as if by the hand.
Latin: c) Facultates inferiores non, quatenus corruptae sunt, excitandae confirmandaeque sunt aestheticis, sed iisdem dirigendae, ne sinistris exercitiis magis corrumpantur, aut pigro vitandi abusus praetextu tollatur usus concessi divinitus talenti.
English: c) The lower faculties are not to be excited and confirmed by aestheticians insofar as they are corrupt, but are to be directed by the same, lest by wrong exercises they be corrupted more, or, under the lazy pretext of avoiding abuse, the use of a divinely granted talent be taken away.
Latin: Obi. 10) Facultates inferiores, caro, debellandae potius sunt,
English: Objection, 10) the lower faculties, the flesh, are
Latin: quam excitandae et confirmandae.
English: rather to be conquered than excited and confirmed.
Latin: Resp. a) Imperium in facultates inferiores poscitur, non tyrannis.
English: Response: a) rule over the lower faculties is demanded, not tyranny.
Latin: b) Ad hoc, quatenus naturaliter impetrari potest,
English: b) To this, insofar as it can be obtained naturally,
Latin: manu quasi ducit aesthetica.
English: aesthetics leads, as if by the hand.
Latin: c) Facultates inferiores non, quatenus corruptae sunt,
English: c) The lower faculties are not to be
Latin: excitandae confirmandaeque sunt aestheticis,
English: excited and confirmed by aestheticians insofar as they are corrupt,
Latin: sed iisdem dirigendae,
English: but are to be directed by the same,
Latin: ne sinistris exercitiis magis corrumpantur, aut
English: lest by wrong exercises they be corrupted more, or,
Latin: pigro vitandi abusus
English: under the lazy pretext of avoiding abuse,
Latin: praetextu tollatur usus concessi divinitus talenti.
English: the use of a divinely granted talent be taken away.
Latin: Obi. 10) Facultates inferiores, caro, debellandae potius sunt, quam excitandae et confirmandae. English: Objection, 10) the lower faculties, the flesh, are rather to be conquered than excited and confirmed.
Latin: Resp. a) Imperium in facultates inferiores poscitur, non tyrannis. English: Response: a) rule over the lower faculties is demanded, not tyranny.
Latin: b) Ad hoc, quatenus naturaliter impetrari potest, manu quasi ducit aesthetica. English: b) To this, insofar as it can be obtained naturally, aesthetics leads, as if by the hand.
Latin: c) Facultates inferiores non, quatenus corruptae sunt, excitandae confirmandaeque sunt aestheticis, sed iisdem dirigendae, ne sinistris exercitiis magis corrumpantur, aut pigro vitandi abusus praetextu tollatur usus concessi divinitus talenti. English: c) The lower faculties are not to be excited and confirmed by aestheticians insofar as they are corrupt, but are to be directed by the same, lest by wrong exercises they be corrupted more, or, under the lazy pretext of avoiding abuse, the use of a divinely granted talent be taken away.
§ 13
Latin: Aesthetica nostra § 1. sicuti logica, soror eius natu maior, est I) theoretica, docens, generalis, P. I. praecipiens 1) de rebus et cogitandis heuristice, C. I. 2) de lucido ordine, methodologia C. II. 3) de signis pulcre cogitatorum et dispositorum, semiotica, C. III. II) practica, utens, specialis. P. II. Utrimque:
English: Our aesthetics, § 1, just as logic, its elder sister by birth, is I) theoretical, teaching, general, Part I, prescribing 1) concerning things and things to be thought, heuristically, Chapter I; 2) concerning lucid order, methodology, Chapter II; 3) concerning the signs of things beautifully thought and arranged, semiotic, Chapter III. II) It is practical, using, special, Part II. On both sides:
Latin: cui lecta potenter erit res, Nec facundia deseret hunc, nec lucidus ordo.
English: "Let but our theme be equal to our powers,
Choice language, clear arrangement, both are ours."
Latin: Hor. E. Res sit prima tibi, sit lucidus ordo secunda, Signaque postremo tertia cura loco.
English: Horace, Epistles. "Let the matter be first for you, let lucid order be second, and let signs be the third concern in the last place."
Latin: Aesthetica nostra § 1. sicuti logica, soror eius natu maior, est I) theoretica, docens, generalis, P. I. praecipiens 1) de rebus et cogitandis heuristice, C. I. 2) de lucido ordine, methodologia C. II. 3) de signis pulcre cogitatorum et dispositorum, semiotica, C. III.
English: Our aesthetics, § 1, just as logic, its elder sister by birth, is I) theoretical, teaching, general, Part I, prescribing 1) concerning things and things to be thought, heuristically, Chapter I; 2) concerning lucid order, methodology, Chapter II; 3) concerning the signs of things beautifully thought and arranged, semiotic, Chapter III.
Latin: II) practica, utens, specialis. P. II. Utrimque:
English: II) It is practical, using, special, Part II. On both sides:
Latin: cui lecta potenter erit res, Nec facundia deseret hunc, nec lucidus ordo.
English: "Let but our theme be equal to our powers,
Choice language, clear arrangement, both are ours."
Latin: Hor. E.
English: Horace, Epistles.
Latin: Res sit prima tibi, sit lucidus ordo secunda, Signaque postremo tertia cura loco.
English: "Let the matter be first for you, let lucid order be second, and let signs be the third concern in the last place."
Latin: Aesthetica nostra § 1. sicuti logica,
English: Our aesthetics, § 1, just as logic,
Latin: soror eius natu maior, est I) theoretica, docens, generalis, P.
English: its elder sister by birth, is I) theoretical, teaching, general, Part
Latin: I. praecipiens 1) de rebus et cogitandis heuristice, C.
English: I, prescribing 1) concerning things and things to be thought, heuristically, Chapter
Latin: I. 2) de lucido ordine, methodologia C. II.
English: I; 2) concerning lucid order, methodology, Chapter II;
Latin: 3) de signis pulcre cogitatorum et dispositorum, semiotica, C.
English: 3) concerning the signs of things beautifully thought and arranged, semiotic, Chapter
Latin: III.
English: III.
Latin: II) practica, utens, specialis. P. II. Utrimque:
English: II) It is practical, using, special, Part II. On both sides:
Latin: cui lecta potenter erit res, Nec facundia deseret hunc, nec lucidus ordo.
English: "Let but our theme be equal to our powers,
Choice language, clear arrangement, both are ours."
Latin: Hor. E.
English: Horace, Epistles.
Latin: Res sit prima tibi,
English: "Let the matter be first for you,
Latin: sit lucidus ordo secunda, Signaque
English: let lucid order be second, and let signs be
Latin: postremo tertia cura loco.
English: the third concern in the last place."
Latin: Aesthetica nostra § 1. sicuti logica, soror eius natu maior, est I) theoretica, docens, generalis, P. I. praecipiens 1) de rebus et cogitandis heuristice, C. I. 2) de lucido ordine, methodologia C. II. 3) de signis pulcre cogitatorum et dispositorum, semiotica, C. III. English: Our aesthetics, § 1, just as logic, its elder sister by birth, is I) theoretical, teaching, general, Part I, prescribing 1) concerning things and things to be thought, heuristically, Chapter I; 2) concerning lucid order, methodology, Chapter II; 3) concerning the signs of things beautifully thought and arranged, semiotic, Chapter III.
Latin: II) practica, utens, specialis. P. II. Utrimque: English: II) It is practical, using, special, Part II. On both sides:
Latin: cui lecta potenter erit res, Nec facundia deseret hunc, nec lucidus ordo.
English: "Let but our theme be equal to our powers,
Choice language, clear arrangement, both are ours."
Latin: Hor. E. English: Horace, Epistles.
Latin: Res sit prima tibi, sit lucidus ordo secunda, Signaque postremo tertia cura loco. English: "Let the matter be first for you, let lucid order be second, and let signs be the third concern in the last place."
§ 14
Latin: Aesthetices finis est perfectio cognitionis sensitivae, qua talis, § 1. Haec autem est pulcritudo, Metaphysic. §§ 521, 662. et cavenda eiusdem, qua talis, imperfectio, § 1. Haec autem est deformitas, Metaphysic. §§ 521, 662.
English: The end of aesthetics is the perfection of sensitive cognition, as such, § 1. This, however, is beauty, Metaphysics, §§ 521, 662; and the imperfection of the same, as such, is to be avoided, § 1. This, however, is deformity, Metaphysics, §§ 521, 662.
Latin: Aesthetices finis est perfectio cognitionis sensitivae, qua talis, § 1.
English: The end of aesthetics is the perfection of sensitive cognition, as such, § 1.
Latin: Haec autem est pulcritudo, Metaphysic. §§ 521, 662. et cavenda eiusdem, qua talis, imperfectio, § 1.
English: This, however, is beauty, Metaphysics, §§ 521, 662; and the imperfection of the same, as such, is to be avoided, § 1.
Latin: Haec autem est deformitas, Metaphysic. §§ 521, 662.
English: This, however, is deformity, Metaphysics, §§ 521, 662.
Latin: Aesthetices finis est perfectio cognitionis sensitivae,
English: The end of aesthetics is the perfection of sensitive
Latin: qua talis, § 1.
English: cognition, as such, § 1.
Latin: Haec autem est pulcritudo, Metaphysic. §§ 521, 662.
English: This, however, is beauty, Metaphysics, §§ 521, 662;
Latin: et cavenda eiusdem, qua
English: and the imperfection of the same, as such,
Latin: talis, imperfectio, § 1.
English: is to be avoided, § 1.
Latin: Haec autem est deformitas, Metaphysic. §§ 521, 662.
English: This, however, is deformity, Metaphysics, §§ 521, 662.
Latin: Aesthetices finis est perfectio cognitionis sensitivae, qua talis, § 1. English: The end of aesthetics is the perfection of sensitive cognition, as such, § 1.
Latin: Haec autem est pulcritudo, Metaphysic. §§ 521, 662. et cavenda eiusdem, qua talis, imperfectio, § 1. English: This, however, is beauty, Metaphysics, §§ 521, 662; and the imperfection of the same, as such, is to be avoided, § 1.
Latin: Haec autem est deformitas, Metaphysic. §§ 521, 662. English: This, however, is deformity, Metaphysics, §§ 521, 662.
§ 15
Latin: Perfectiones cognitionis sensitivae adeo reconditas, ut vel omnino nobis obscurae maneant, vel non nisi intelligendo possimus eas intueri, non curat aestheticus, qua talis. § 14.
English: Perfections of sensitive cognition so hidden that either they remain entirely obscure to us, or we can behold them only by understanding, do not concern the aesthetician, as such. § 14.
Latin: Perfectiones cognitionis sensitivae adeo reconditas, ut vel omnino nobis obscurae maneant, vel non nisi intelligendo possimus eas intueri, non curat aestheticus, qua talis. § 14.
English: Perfections of sensitive cognition so hidden that either they remain entirely obscure to us, or we can behold them only by understanding, do not concern the aesthetician, as such. § 14.
Latin: Perfectiones cognitionis sensitivae adeo reconditas,
English: Perfections of sensitive cognition so hidden
Latin: ut vel omnino nobis obscurae maneant,
English: that either they remain entirely obscure to us,
Latin: vel non nisi intelligendo
English: or we can behold them only by understanding,
Latin: possimus eas intueri, non curat aestheticus, qua talis. § 14.
English: do not concern the aesthetician, as such. § 14.
Latin: Perfectiones cognitionis sensitivae adeo reconditas, ut vel omnino nobis obscurae maneant, vel non nisi intelligendo possimus eas intueri, non curat aestheticus, qua talis. § 14. English: Perfections of sensitive cognition so hidden that either they remain entirely obscure to us, or we can behold them only by understanding, do not concern the aesthetician, as such. § 14.
§ 16
Latin: Imperfectiones cognitionis sensitivae adeo reconditas, ut vel omnino nobis obscurae maneant, vel non nisi iudicio intellectuali possint detegi, non curat aestheticus, qua talis, § 14.
English: Imperfections of sensitive cognition so hidden that either they remain entirely obscure to us, or can be detected only by intellectual judgment, do not concern the aesthetician, as such, § 14.
Latin: Imperfectiones cognitionis sensitivae adeo reconditas, ut vel omnino nobis obscurae maneant, vel non nisi iudicio intellectuali possint detegi, non curat aestheticus, qua talis, § 14.
English: Imperfections of sensitive cognition so hidden that either they remain entirely obscure to us, or can be detected only by intellectual judgment, do not concern the aesthetician, as such, § 14.
Latin: Imperfectiones cognitionis sensitivae adeo reconditas,
English: Imperfections of sensitive cognition so hidden
Latin: ut vel omnino nobis obscurae maneant,
English: that either they remain entirely obscure to us,
Latin: vel non nisi iudicio intellectuali possint detegi,
English: or can be detected only by intellectual judgment, do
Latin: non curat aestheticus, qua talis, § 14.
English: not concern the aesthetician, as such, § 14.
Latin: Imperfectiones cognitionis sensitivae adeo reconditas, ut vel omnino nobis obscurae maneant, vel non nisi iudicio intellectuali possint detegi, non curat aestheticus, qua talis, § 14. English: Imperfections of sensitive cognition so hidden that either they remain entirely obscure to us, or can be detected only by intellectual judgment, do not concern the aesthetician, as such, § 14.
§ 17
Latin: Cognitio sensitiva est a potiori desumta denominatione complexus repraesentationum infra distinctionem subsistentium. Huius exsistentis si vel solam pulcritudinem ac elegantiam, deformitatemve solam, §§ 15, 16. simul vellemus intelligendo nunc circumspicere, sicut intuetur aliquando saporis eruditi spectator, venerum macularumve genericarum per diversas suas classes, specificarum, numericarumve mole velut obruta fatisceret distinctio scientiae necessaria, § 1. Hinc primum lustremus pulcritudinem, omni paene sensitivae cognitioni pulcrae quatenus communis est, universalem et catholicam cum eius opposito, § 14.
English: Sensitive cognition is, by a denomination taken from the stronger part, a complex of representations subsisting beneath distinctness. If, while it exists, we now wished to survey by understanding either beauty and elegance alone, or deformity alone, §§ 15, 16, at the same time - as sometimes a spectator of learned taste beholds beauties and blemishes, generic, specific, and numerical, through their diverse classes - the distinction necessary to science, as if overwhelmed by the mass, would collapse, § 1. Hence let us first survey beauty, universal and catholic together with its opposite, insofar as it is common to almost every beautiful sensory cognition, § 14.
Latin: Cognitio sensitiva est a potiori desumta denominatione complexus repraesentationum infra distinctionem subsistentium.
English: Sensitive cognition is, by a denomination taken from the stronger part, a complex of representations subsisting beneath distinctness.
Latin: Huius exsistentis si vel solam pulcritudinem ac elegantiam, deformitatemve solam, §§ 15, 16. simul vellemus intelligendo nunc circumspicere, sicut intuetur aliquando saporis eruditi spectator, venerum macularumve genericarum per diversas suas classes, specificarum, numericarumve mole velut obruta fatisceret distinctio scientiae necessaria, § 1.
English: If, while it exists, we now wished to survey by understanding either beauty and elegance alone, or deformity alone, §§ 15, 16, at the same time - as sometimes a spectator of learned taste beholds beauties and blemishes, generic, specific, and numerical, through their diverse classes - the distinction necessary to science, as if overwhelmed by the mass, would collapse, § 1.
Latin: Hinc primum lustremus pulcritudinem, omni paene sensitivae cognitioni pulcrae quatenus communis est, universalem et catholicam cum eius opposito, § 14.
English: Hence let us first survey beauty, universal and catholic together with its opposite, insofar as it is common to almost every beautiful sensory cognition, § 14.
Latin: Cognitio sensitiva est a potiori desumta denominatione
English: Sensitive cognition is, by a denomination
Latin: complexus repraesentationum infra distinctionem subsistentium.
English: taken from the stronger part, a complex of representations subsisting beneath distinctness.
Latin: Huius exsistentis si
English: If, while it exists, we now wished to survey
Latin: vel solam pulcritudinem ac elegantiam,
English: by understanding either beauty and elegance alone,
Latin: deformitatemve solam, §§ 15, 16. simul
English: or deformity alone, §§ 15, 16, at the same time
Latin: vellemus intelligendo nunc circumspicere, sicut intuetur aliquando
English: - as sometimes a spectator
Latin: saporis eruditi spectator, venerum macularumve genericarum
English: of learned taste beholds beauties and blemishes, generic, specific,
Latin: per diversas suas classes, specificarum,
English: and numerical, through their diverse classes -
Latin: numericarumve mole velut obruta
English: the distinction necessary to science, as if overwhelmed by the mass,
Latin: fatisceret distinctio scientiae necessaria, § 1.
English: would collapse, § 1.
Latin: Hinc primum lustremus pulcritudinem,
English: Hence let us first survey beauty,
Latin: omni paene sensitivae cognitioni pulcrae
English: universal and catholic together with its opposite,
Latin: quatenus communis est, universalem et catholicam cum eius opposito, § 14.
English: insofar as it is common to almost every beautiful sensory cognition, § 14.
Latin: Cognitio sensitiva est a potiori desumta denominatione complexus repraesentationum infra distinctionem subsistentium. English: Sensitive cognition is, by a denomination taken from the stronger part, a complex of representations subsisting beneath distinctness.
Latin: Huius exsistentis si vel solam pulcritudinem ac elegantiam, deformitatemve solam, §§ 15, 16. simul vellemus intelligendo nunc circumspicere, sicut intuetur aliquando saporis eruditi spectator, venerum macularumve genericarum per diversas suas classes, specificarum, numericarumve mole velut obruta fatisceret distinctio scientiae necessaria, § 1. English: If, while it exists, we now wished to survey by understanding either beauty and elegance alone, or deformity alone, §§ 15, 16, at the same time - as sometimes a spectator of learned taste beholds beauties and blemishes, generic, specific, and numerical, through their diverse classes - the distinction necessary to science, as if overwhelmed by the mass, would collapse, § 1.
Latin: Hinc primum lustremus pulcritudinem, omni paene sensitivae cognitioni pulcrae quatenus communis est, universalem et catholicam cum eius opposito, § 14. English: Hence let us first survey beauty, universal and catholic together with its opposite, insofar as it is common to almost every beautiful sensory cognition, § 14.
§ 18
Latin: Pulcritudo cognitionis sensitivae erit universalis, § 14. 1) consensus cogitationum, quatenus adhuc ab earum ordine et signis abstrahimus, inter se ad unum, qui phaenomenon sit, § 14. Metaphysic. § 662. Pulcritudo rerum et cogitationum, distinguenda a pulcritudine cognitionis, cuius prima et primaria pars est, § 13. et pulcritudine obiectorum et materiae, quaecum ob receptum rei significatum saepe, sed male confunditur. Possunt turpia pulcre cogitari, ut talia, et pulcriora turpiter.
English: The beauty of sensitive cognition will be universal, § 14: 1) the agreement of thoughts, insofar as we still abstract from their order and signs, among themselves into one thing that is a phenomenon, § 14, Metaphysics, § 662: the beauty of things and thoughts, to be distinguished from the beauty of cognition, of which it is the first and primary part, § 13, and from the beauty of objects and matter, with which, because of the accepted meaning of the word "thing," it is often, but wrongly, confused. Ugly things can be thought beautifully as such, and more beautiful things basely.
Latin: Pulcritudo cognitionis sensitivae erit universalis, § 14. 1) consensus cogitationum, quatenus adhuc ab earum ordine et signis abstrahimus, inter se ad unum, qui phaenomenon sit, § 14. Metaphysic. § 662. Pulcritudo rerum et cogitationum, distinguenda a pulcritudine cognitionis, cuius prima et primaria pars est, § 13. et pulcritudine obiectorum et materiae, quaecum ob receptum rei significatum saepe, sed male confunditur.
English: The beauty of sensitive cognition will be universal, § 14: 1) the agreement of thoughts, insofar as we still abstract from their order and signs, among themselves into one thing that is a phenomenon, § 14, Metaphysics, § 662: the beauty of things and thoughts, to be distinguished from the beauty of cognition, of which it is the first and primary part, § 13, and from the beauty of objects and matter, with which, because of the accepted meaning of the word "thing," it is often, but wrongly, confused.
Latin: Possunt turpia pulcre cogitari, ut talia, et pulcriora turpiter.
English: Ugly things can be thought beautifully as such, and more beautiful things basely.
Latin: Pulcritudo cognitionis sensitivae erit universalis, § 14.
English: The beauty of sensitive cognition will be universal, § 14:
Latin: 1) consensus cogitationum, quatenus adhuc ab
English: 1) the agreement of thoughts, insofar as we still
Latin: earum ordine et signis abstrahimus,
English: abstract from their order and signs,
Latin: inter se ad unum, qui phaenomenon sit, § 14.
English: among themselves into one thing that is a phenomenon, § 14,
Latin: Metaphysic. § 662. Pulcritudo rerum et cogitationum,
English: Metaphysics, § 662: the beauty of things and thoughts,
Latin: distinguenda a pulcritudine cognitionis,
English: to be distinguished from the beauty of cognition,
Latin: cuius prima et primaria pars est, § 13.
English: of which it is the first and primary part, § 13,
Latin: et pulcritudine obiectorum et materiae,
English: and from the beauty of objects and matter,
Latin: quaecum ob receptum rei
English: with which, because of the accepted meaning of the word "thing,"
Latin: significatum saepe, sed male confunditur.
English: it is often, but wrongly, confused.
Latin: Possunt turpia pulcre cogitari, ut talia,
English: Ugly things can be thought beautifully as such,
Latin: et pulcriora turpiter.
English: and more beautiful things basely.
Latin: Pulcritudo cognitionis sensitivae erit universalis, § 14. 1) consensus cogitationum, quatenus adhuc ab earum ordine et signis abstrahimus, inter se ad unum, qui phaenomenon sit, § 14. Metaphysic. § 662. Pulcritudo rerum et cogitationum, distinguenda a pulcritudine cognitionis, cuius prima et primaria pars est, § 13. et pulcritudine obiectorum et materiae, quaecum ob receptum rei significatum saepe, sed male confunditur. English: The beauty of sensitive cognition will be universal, § 14: 1) the agreement of thoughts, insofar as we still abstract from their order and signs, among themselves into one thing that is a phenomenon, § 14, Metaphysics, § 662: the beauty of things and thoughts, to be distinguished from the beauty of cognition, of which it is the first and primary part, § 13, and from the beauty of objects and matter, with which, because of the accepted meaning of the word "thing," it is often, but wrongly, confused.
Latin: Possunt turpia pulcre cogitari, ut talia, et pulcriora turpiter. English: Ugly things can be thought beautifully as such, and more beautiful things basely.
§ 19
Latin: Pulcritudo cognitionis sensitivae universalis, § 14. quia nulla perfectio, sine ordine, Metaphys. § 95. 2) consensus ordinis est, quo res pulcre cogitatas meditemur, et internus, et cum rebus, phaenomenon, § 14. Pulcritudo ordinis et dispositionis.
English: The universal beauty of sensitive cognition, § 14, because there is no perfection without order, Metaphysics, § 95, is 2) the agreement of order by which we meditate things beautifully thought, both internal and with things, a phenomenon, § 14: the beauty of order and disposition.
Latin: Pulcritudo cognitionis sensitivae universalis, § 14. quia nulla perfectio, sine ordine, Metaphys. § 95. 2) consensus ordinis est, quo res pulcre cogitatas meditemur, et internus, et cum rebus, phaenomenon, § 14. Pulcritudo ordinis et dispositionis.
English: The universal beauty of sensitive cognition, § 14, because there is no perfection without order, Metaphysics, § 95, is 2) the agreement of order by which we meditate things beautifully thought, both internal and with things, a phenomenon, § 14: the beauty of order and disposition.
Latin: Pulcritudo cognitionis sensitivae universalis, § 14.
English: The universal beauty of sensitive cognition, § 14,
Latin: quia nulla perfectio, sine ordine, Metaphys. § 95.
English: because there is no perfection without order, Metaphysics, § 95,
Latin: 2) consensus ordinis est,
English: is 2) the agreement of order by
Latin: quo res pulcre cogitatas meditemur, et internus,
English: which we meditate things beautifully thought, both internal
Latin: et cum rebus, phaenomenon, § 14. Pulcritudo ordinis et dispositionis.
English: and with things, a phenomenon, § 14: the beauty of order and disposition.
Latin: Pulcritudo cognitionis sensitivae universalis, § 14. quia nulla perfectio, sine ordine, Metaphys. § 95. 2) consensus ordinis est, quo res pulcre cogitatas meditemur, et internus, et cum rebus, phaenomenon, § 14. Pulcritudo ordinis et dispositionis. English: The universal beauty of sensitive cognition, § 14, because there is no perfection without order, Metaphysics, § 95, is 2) the agreement of order by which we meditate things beautifully thought, both internal and with things, a phenomenon, § 14: the beauty of order and disposition.
§ 20
Latin: Pulcritudo cognitionis sensitivae universalis est, § 14. quia signata non percipimus sine signis, Met. § 619. 3) consensus signorum internus, et cum ordine, et cum rebus, phaenomenon, pulcritudo significationis, qualis dictio et eloquutio, quando signum est oratio s. sermo, et simul actio, quando sermo viva voce habetur. Habes tres cognitionis gratias catholicas, §§ 18, 19.
English: The universal beauty of sensitive cognition is, § 14, because we do not perceive things signified without signs, Metaphysics, § 619, 3) the internal agreement of signs, and with order, and with things, a phenomenon: the beauty of signification, such as diction and eloquence when the sign is speech or discourse, and also action when discourse is given by the living voice. You have the three catholic graces of cognition, §§ 18, 19.
Latin: Pulcritudo cognitionis sensitivae universalis est, § 14. quia signata non percipimus sine signis, Met. § 619. 3) consensus signorum internus, et cum ordine, et cum rebus, phaenomenon, pulcritudo significationis, qualis dictio et eloquutio, quando signum est oratio s. sermo, et simul actio, quando sermo viva voce habetur.
English: The universal beauty of sensitive cognition is, § 14, because we do not perceive things signified without signs, Metaphysics, § 619, 3) the internal agreement of signs, and with order, and with things, a phenomenon: the beauty of signification, such as diction and eloquence when the sign is speech or discourse, and also action when discourse is given by the living voice.
Latin: Habes tres cognitionis gratias catholicas, §§ 18, 19.
English: You have the three catholic graces of cognition, §§ 18, 19.
Latin: Pulcritudo cognitionis sensitivae universalis est, § 14.
English: The universal beauty of sensitive cognition is, § 14,
Latin: quia signata non percipimus sine signis, Met.
English: because we do not perceive things signified without signs, Metaphysics,
Latin: § 619. 3) consensus signorum internus, et cum ordine,
English: § 619, 3) the internal agreement of signs, and with order,
Latin: et cum rebus, phaenomenon, pulcritudo significationis,
English: and with things, a phenomenon: the beauty of signification,
Latin: qualis dictio et eloquutio, quando signum est oratio s.
English: such as diction and eloquence when the sign is speech or
Latin: sermo, et simul actio, quando sermo viva voce habetur.
English: discourse, and also action when discourse is given by the living voice.
Latin: Habes tres cognitionis gratias catholicas, §§ 18, 19.
English: You have the three catholic graces of cognition, §§ 18, 19.
Latin: Pulcritudo cognitionis sensitivae universalis est, § 14. quia signata non percipimus sine signis, Met. § 619. 3) consensus signorum internus, et cum ordine, et cum rebus, phaenomenon, pulcritudo significationis, qualis dictio et eloquutio, quando signum est oratio s. sermo, et simul actio, quando sermo viva voce habetur. English: The universal beauty of sensitive cognition is, § 14, because we do not perceive things signified without signs, Metaphysics, § 619, 3) the internal agreement of signs, and with order, and with things, a phenomenon: the beauty of signification, such as diction and eloquence when the sign is speech or discourse, and also action when discourse is given by the living voice.
Latin: Habes tres cognitionis gratias catholicas, §§ 18, 19. English: You have the three catholic graces of cognition, §§ 18, 19.