The Philosophy of Fine Art, volume 4 (of 4): Hegel's Aesthetik — Georg Hegel — John Shaqi
The Philosophy of Fine Art, volume 4 (of 4): Hegel's Aesthetik
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[Footnote 5: It is not very clear what Hegel means by the word
_Bezeichnungen._ "Turns of expression," which first occurred to me,
appears to be covered by _Flexionsformen_ lower down.]
[Footnote 6: _Gedrungenen._ The idea is suppression into a compact
mass--a cloud unable to burst save in occasional flashes.]
[Footnote 7: I presume Hegel refers here to the synthetic arrangement
of genuine paragraphs rather than phrases, composition generally.]
[Footnote 8: _Das eigentliche Wort_. The word, that is, which expresses
the fact in its immediacy.]
[Footnote 9: More literally, "being remoulded with the life and wealth
of Spirit."]
[Footnote 10: _Besonnenheit_, _i.e.,_ real thought-fullness.]
[Footnote 11: _Der künstlerischen Ruhe._ The personal predilection of
Hegel for classic art here once more asserts itself.]
[Footnote 12: The German word is _Sinnen_, but I think, though the
emotional sense is partly implied, the main emphasis is on a presiding
mind--or rather a wide-visioned genius.]
[Footnote 13: _Eine sprudelnde Anschauung._ A view of things that
bubbles forth like a fountain.]
[Footnote 14: That is, the medium of literary form.]
[Footnote 15: _Ein hartes Band._ The idea is not so much difficult as
unyielding, unmalleable.]
[Footnote 16: _Zum Ernste des Inhalts_. That is, the earnestness of
a product of mind as such. Hegel seems to contrast with this the
spontaneity of an art which, as inspired by genius, comes to us with
the freshness of Nature herself, take Shakespeare's songs for example.]
[Footnote 17: _Ungebunden._ That is, it is contingent.]
[Footnote 18: Hegel calls this the _Verstandesaccent_, and speaks of
this importance (_Bedeutsamkeit_) as a product of the syllables.]
[Footnote 19: I presume the words _das für sich gestaltete Klingen_
refer to rhyme.]
[Footnote 20: _Eine Sammlung in sich_, that is, an independent
collection or aggregate.]
[Footnote 21: _Anheben_ may possibly mean appearance in the defined
series generally.]
[Footnote 22: By _Versen_ Hegel means rather lines than a number of
them.]
[Footnote 23: The dative appears to be a misprint. The passage should
be read _der_ and _die,_ instead of _dem_ and _der_.]
[Footnote 24: I am not quite sure what Hegel refers to in what he
describes as _das Hinübergreifen des Wortes._ I presume he means what
are known as weak endings to a line.]
[Footnote 25: _Gedrungen._ I suppose this is the meaning. The entire
passage is a difficult one to follow.]
[Footnote 26: _Ein allgemeines Hören._]
[Footnote 27: That is, the accent of the syllables as a mere medium of
uttered speech.]
[Footnote 28: Lit., has its flank turned, _überflügelt._]
[Footnote 29: _Die blosse Vergeistigung._]
[Footnote 30: No other means to divert the ears attention. The sentence
is rather involved, and I have not seen my way to simplify it.]