...of art ; and in the one case as in the other, it is the mind which, by an act of its own, discovers that colour and shape denote distance and solidity....operation by which they have penetrated nature's disguise. And thus, we still have an intelligible distinction of Fact and Theory, if \ve consider Theory as a...

...distance and solidity. Most men are unconscious of this perpetual habit of reading the language of tho external world, and translating as they read. The...operation by which they have penetrated nature's disguise. And thus, we still have an intelligible distinction of Fact and Theory, if we consider Theory as a...

...scene of art; and in the one case as in the o> it is the mind which, by an act of its own, discovervt that colour and shape denote distance and solidity....of theory over the whole face of nature, if it be theqry to infer more than we see. But other men, unaware of this masquerade, hold it to be a fact that...

...The scene of nature is a picture without depth of sub" stance, no less than the scene of art ; and in the one case as " in the other, it is the mind which,...operation by which they have " penetrated nature's disguise2". If any one will ponder this passage well, he will see, I think, how the two things which...

...of the external world and translating as they read. The draughtsman, indeed, is compelled, for bis purposes, to return back in thought from the solid...that they see cubes and spheres, spacious apartments aud winding avenues. And these things are facts to them, because they are unconscious of the mental...

...thought from the solid bodies which he has inferred, to the shapes of surface which he really sees. Ho knows that there is a mask of theory over the whole face of nature, it it be f/ieon/ to infer more than we see. But other men, unaware of this masquerade, hold it to be...

...of art; and in the one case, as in the other, it is the mind which, by an act of its own, discovers that colour and shape denote distance and solidity....operation by which they have penetrated nature's disguise. . . . k ' Our sensations require ideas to bind them together; namely, ideas of space, time, number,...

...of art ; and in the one case as in the other, it is the mind which, by an act of its own, discovers that colour and shape denote distance and solidity....operation by which they have penetrated nature's disguise. " And thus, we still have an intelligible distinction of Fact and Theory, if we consider Theory as...

...of art ; and in the one case as in the other, it is the mind which, by an act of its own, discovers that colour and shape denote distance and solidity....operation by which they have penetrated nature's disguise. " And thus, we still have an intelligible distinction of Fact and Theory, if we consider Theory as...

...of art; and in the one case as in the other, it is the mind which, by an act of its own, discovers that colour and shape denote distance and solidity....operation by which they have penetrated nature's disguise. " And thus, we still have an intelligible distinction of Fact and Theory, if we consider Theory as...