[Footnote 259: This of course is a very questionable position from the point of view of aesthetic taste no less than the conformity of our sight to natural objects. The obvious retort is, it all depends what the nature of the green is. Why is there such a preponderance of green in Nature as we find it?] [Footnote 260: That is to say, under the Platonic view of universal.] [Footnote 261: So I have interpreted the words, _Die Subjectivität nun aber liegt in der Negativen Einheit als Ideellsetzen der Unterschiede und ihres realen Bestehens._] [Footnote 262: _Das Insichseyn_, _i.e._, the incipient singularity of a feeling subject.] [Footnote 263: I have translated the words _bleibt nur die innre Macht_ "merely a _reflex_ of the inherent energy," etc. I do not pretend thereby to clear up all the difficulties of this paragraph. I would rather remind the general reader that in this entire discussion of the principle of individuality and its modes of real existence we are face to face with one the fundamental difficulties of the Hegelian philosophy, the passage of the Idea to Nature. Readers who wish to see difficulties more fully developed on this aspect of Hegel's thought should read Professor Seth's interesting and on the whole moderately worded criticism contained in his little book "Hegelianism and Personality" (Blackwood and Sons; see particularly Lecture IV, Thought and Reality).] [Footnote 264: _Aus Anderem_, _e.g._, the not-self of experience.] [Footnote 265: _Des totalen Zwecks_.] [Footnote 266: I think the expression _das Ganze der Sache_ means this rather than the entire "organic whole of living reality."] [Footnote 267: It is well for the general reader to remember that we have here no full account of what constitutes the _content_ of a free will. The emphasis throughout is on human activity as exercised in a world conditioned in its external aspect by necessary laws of Nature.] [Footnote 268: The reference here must I think he mainly, perhaps wholly, to the distorted face of the criminal, outcast, or insane classes. But it is just possible that a certain type of aggressive genius may also be denoted.] [Footnote 269: The totality of the notion.] [Footnote 270: _Beruf_, _i.e._, that which it professes to do.] CHAPTER III THE BEAUTY OF ART, OR THE IDEAL In our consideration of the beauty of art we will confine our attention to three fundamental points of view: _First_, the Ideal in its essential import. _Secondly_, the determination of the Ideal in a particular work of art. _Thirdly_, the creative subjectivity of the artist. A. THE IDEAL SIMPLY, OR AS SUCH