What is important, then, is not that the critic should possess a correct abstract definition of beauty for the intellect, but a certain kind of temperament, the power of being deeply moved by the presence of beautiful objects.
~ Walter Pater, 4.
What is important, then, is not that the critic should possess a correct abstract definition of beauty for the intellect, but a certain kind of temperament, the power of being deeply moved by the presence of beautiful objects.
~ Walter Pater, 4.
Education is that process by which thought is opened out of the soul, and, associated with outward…things, is reflected back upon itself, and thus made conscious of its reality and shape. It is Self-Realization…He who is seeking to know himself, should be ever seeking himself in external things, and by so doing will he be best able to find, and explore his inmost light.
~ Amos Brown Alcott, The Journals of Bronson Alcott, p. 43 (quoted in Bauer, The Well Educated Mind, p. 43)