The origins of art; a psychological & sociological inquiryHirn, Y. (Yrjö)
Philosophy
The origins of art; a psychological & sociological inquiry
Hirn, Y. (Yrjö)
Aesthetics; Art -- Philosophy; Art, Primitive
[40] Guyau, _Les problèmes de l’esthétique contemporaine_, p. 9: “On
pourrait donc, en continuant la pensée de M. Spencer, aller jusqu’à
dire que l’art, cette espèce de jeu raffiné a son origine ou du moins
sa première manifestation dans l’instinct de la lutte, soit contre la
nature, soit contre les hommes.” Cf. also Guyau, _L’art au point de
vue sociologique_, p. 14, where Guyau in a brilliant passage shows
how an element of passionate struggle and conquest enters even in the
most abstract reasoning. To be compared with the chapters of Groos on
_Kampfspiele_.
[41] Féré, _Sensation et mouvement_, pp. 34, 64; cf. _The Pathology of
Emotions_, p. 206.
[42] Lehmann, _Hauptgesetze des menschlichen Gefühlslebens_, pp. 89, 95.
[43] Féré, _Sensation et mouvement_, p. 64.
[44] Gratiolet, _De la physionomie_, pp. 47, 53; Darwin, _The
Expression of the Emotions_, pp. 80, 207; Bain, _The Emotions and the
Will_, pp. 11, 12; Bouillier, _Du plaisir et de la douleur_, pp. 50,
51; Mantegazza, _Physiognomy and Expression_, pp. 114, 115.
[45] Amiel, _Journal_, i. p. 208.
[46] Darwin, _The Expression of the Emotions_, p. 81.
[47] Lehmann, _Hauptgesetze_, pp. 298-301.
[48] Lehmann, _Hauptgesetze_, p. 214.
[49] Marshall, _Pain, Pleasure, and Æsthetics_, pp. 222, 223.
[50] Dumont, _Théorie scientifique de la sensibilité_, pp. 67, 68;
Delbœuf, _Éléments de psychophysique_, pp. 182, 191.
[51] Marshall, _l.c._ p. 174.
[52] Cf. Stout, _Manual of Psychology_, pp. 236-239.
[53] Cf. Spencer, _Principles of Psychology_, i. p. 273.
[54] Hamilton, _Lectures_, ii. p. 478; cf. also Bouillier, _Du plaisir
et de la douleur_, pp. 52-62.
[55] Marshall, _Pain, Pleasure, and Æsthetics_, p. 213; cf. Dr. Stout’s
keen criticism of this explanation, _Analytic Psychology_, ii. pp. 294,
295.
[56] Féré, _The Pathology of Emotions_, pp. 275, 276; Lombroso, _The
Man of Genius_, pp. 151, 152; Ribot, _The Psychology of the Emotions_,
p. 46 (“Observations on the beneficial effects created on melancholic
patients by physical pain”).
[57] _Goncourt, Journal des_, ii. p. 250.
[58] Cf. Fechner, _Vorschule der Aesthetik_, ii. p. 265; cf. also
Marshall, _Pain, Pleasure, and Æsthetics_, p. 187.
[59] Bain, _The Emotions and the Will_, pp. 5, 6; cf. also _The Senses
and the Intellect_, p. 290; Ribot, _The Psychology of the Emotions_,
pp. 97, 112; Féré, _The Pathology of Emotions_, p. 44; Paulhan, _Les
phénomènes affectifs_, p. 37; Godfernaux, _Le sentiment et la pensée_,
p. 66.
[60] Stout, _Manual of Psychology_, p. 296.
[61] A treatment in detail of this point has been given in my
_Förstudier till en konstfilosofi_, pp. 57-59.
[62] Lehmann, _Hauptgesetze_, pp. 308, 309.
[63] Spencer, _Essays_, ii. p. 457.
[64] Cf. James, _Principles of Psychology_, ii. p. 466; Darwin, _The
Expression of the Emotions_, p. 76.
[65] Spencer, _l.c._ ii. pp. 456, 457.
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