1. The _first_ is concerned with the _notion_ of the beautiful generally. 2. The _second_ is that of _natural_ beauty, the defects of which will demonstrate the necessity of the _Ideal_ as _Fine Art._ 3. In the _third_ of these aspects the subject of our investigation will be the _Ideal_ in its _positive realization_, in other words as the artistic display of this Ideal in particular _works of art._ [Footnote 175: The German word here is _Geist._ I have translated it as best seems to suit the particular context in which the German word occurs.] [Footnote 176: _Unendliche Negativität._] [Footnote 177: This is the "Ought" of practical feeling. As such just as in the case of the analytical sciences, what it lacks is objective determination (see "Phil. of Mind," trans. of W. Wallace, p. 94).] [Footnote 178: _In seiner Gemeinde._ We should rather expect _in seiner Gebiete._] [Footnote 179: The reference here appears to be to the three attitudes of thought to the objective world which may be generally indicated as that of ordinary consciousness, that of empiricism and that of speculative Philosophy. In the paragraph which follows, however, Hegel mainly refers to the logical process of dialectic and the Idea of Nature (_die natürliche Idee._) The latter may, however, refer to both the previous divisions, _i.e._, the commonsense point of view and the scientific.] [Footnote 180: The spheres of art and social life are first perceived as merely independent circles of activity.] [Footnote 181: That is to say, nations have not only found in Art the best means of expressing their religious consciousness, but, even where religion has been raised to a higher power, have found in it the most adequate form in which to express the ideality of their general spiritual life.] [Footnote 182: _Welche sick durch alles hindurchzieht_, _i.e._, which permeates all experience.] [Footnote 183: In this metaphysical passage Hegel appears to be contrasting his own philosophical standpoint, absolute idealism, with that of critical or empirical philosophy, those at least who conceive reality either as a thing-in-itself, or the _materia_ supplied to sense-perception from a world outside the human consciousness. The entire content of the Real is, on the contrary, all included under the form of self-conscious thought.] [Footnote 184: He means, I think, province of the universal, rather than "universal expansion of horizon."] [Footnote 185: The words of Hegel are "_innerhalb derselben im endlichen Geiste die Erinnerung des Wesens aller Dinge_." He no doubt has in his mind the derivation of the word _Erinnerung._ It is the _inwardization_ or idealization of such substance.] [Footnote 186: _Anschauung_, that is to say, it is the object of man's receptive senses.] [Footnote 187: The punctuation is clearly wrong. It is also very possible that _derselben_ is a misprint for _dieselbe._ But in any case there should be comma rather than semicolon.] CHAPTER I