Sec. 1. Explanation of the term "theoretic". 12
Sec. 2. Of the differences of rank in pleasures of sense. 12
Sec. 3. Use of the terms Temperate and Intemperate. 13
Sec. 4. Right use of the term "intemperate". 13
Sec. 5. Grounds of inferiority in the pleasures which are subjects of
intemperance. 14
Sec. 6. Evidence of higher rank in pleasures of sight and hearing. 15
Sec. 7. How the lower pleasures may be elevated in rank. 16
Sec. 8. Ideas of beauty how essentially moral. 17
Sec. 9. How degraded by heartless reception. 17
Sec. 10. How exalted by affection. 18
CHAPTER III.--Of Accuracy and Inaccuracy in Impressions of Sense.
Sec. 1. By what test is the health of the perceptive faculty to be
determined? 19
Sec. 2. And in what sense may the terms Right and Wrong be attached
to its conclusions? 20
Sec. 3. What power we have over impressions of sense. 21
Sec. 4. Depends on acuteness of attention. 21
Sec. 5. Ultimate conclusions universal. 22
Sec. 6. What duty is attached to this power over impressions of sense. 22
Sec. 7. How rewarded. 23
Sec. 8. Especially with respect to ideas of beauty. 23
Sec. 9. Errors induced by the power of habit. 24
Sec. 10. The necessity of submission in early stages of judgment. 24
Sec. 11. The large scope of matured judgment. 25
Sec. 12. How distinguishable from false taste. 25
Sec. 13. The danger of a spirit of choice. 26
Sec. 14. And criminality. 27
Sec. 15. How certain conclusions respecting beauty are by reason
demonstrable. 27
Sec. 16. With what liabilities to error. 28
Sec. 17. The term "beauty" how limitable in the outset. Divided
into typical and vital. 28
CHAPTER IV.--Of False Opinions held concerning Beauty.
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