Chapter IV.-Of False Opinions held concerning Beauty. |
| §1. | Of the false opinion that truth is beauty, and vice versa. | 30 | | §2. | Of the false opinion that beauty is usefulness. Compare Chap. xii. § 5. | 31 | | §3. | Of the false opinion that beauty results from custom. Compare Chap. vi. § 1. | 31 | | §4. | The twofold operation of custom. It deadens sensation, but confirms affection. | 31 | | §5. | But never either creates or destroys the essence of beauty. | 32 | | §6. | Instances. | 32 | | §7. | Of the false opinion that beauty depends on the association of ideas. | 33 | | §8. | Association. Is, 1st, rational. It is of no efficiency as a cause of beauty. | 33 | | §9. | Association accidental. The extent of its influence. | 34 | | §10. | The dignity of its function. | 35 | | §11. | How it is connected with impressions of beauty. | 36 | | §12. | And what caution it renders necessary in the examination of them. | 36 |
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