[137] The two evolutions are, speaking roughly, (i.) that of the subject-matter; (ii.) that of the particular mode of art: (i.) _e.g._ you have Egyptian, Greek, Christian religion, etc., with the corresponding views and sentiments, each in its own relation to art; (ii.) you have, as a cross division to the former, the several arts--sculpture, music, poetry, etc., each having its special ground and warrant. [138] He is asking himself why sound or paint, etc., should correspond to one type of art as theoretically defined--this being intellectual, not sensuous, at root--and answers that these media _qua_ natural objects have, though more latent than in works of art, an import and purpose of their own, which reveals itself in their suitability to particular forms of art. [139] "_Gestaltungsformen._" I use "plastic" all through in a pregnant sense, as one speaks of plastic fancy, etc.; meaning ideally determinate, and fit for translating into pictures, poetry, etc. These "plastic forms" are the various modifications of the subject-matter of art. See note, p. 139, above. [140] See note, p. 139, above. [141] See p. 134, above. [142] "_Gestaltung._" I do not think this means the process of shaping, but the shapes taken collectively. [143] _i.e._ not in a separate ideal shape devoted to it. He means that man takes a stock or stone as representation or symbol of the divine, and as there is no real connection between divinity and the stone, it may either be left untouched and unshaped, or be hewn into any bizarre or arbitrary shape that comes to hand: see next paragraph. [144] This description is probably directed, in the first place, to the Indian representation of deities, and would apply to those of many barbaric religions. But its truth may be very simply verified in daily observation of the first attempts of the uneducated at plastic presentation of their ideas, where costliness, ingenuity, labour, or size take the place of beauty. [145] "_Sie als Inneres._" [146] _i.e._ an idea or purpose which gives these partial and defective representations all the meaning they have, although they are incapable of really expressing it. [147] "_Gährung_," lit. "fermentation." [148] "_Der ursprüngliche Begriff_," lit. "the original notion." [149] _i.e._ God or the Universe _invented_ man to be the expression of mind; art _finds_ him, and adapts his shape to the artistic embodiment of mind as concentrated in individual instances. [150] Because it represents the soul as independent of an appropriate body--the human soul as capable of existing in a beast's body. [151] "_Geistigkeit._" "The nature of thought, mind, or spirit." It cannot be here rendered by mind or spirit, because these words make us think of an isolated individual, a mind or soul, and neglect the common spiritual or intellectual nature, which is referred to by the author.