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172 THIRD PERIOD.
eyeball be sightless, and can gain in strength when the hand
and the foot are hewn off and cast into the fire ; the moment
this part of the man stands forth with its solemn " Behold, it is
I," then the work becomes art indeed, perfect in honor, priceless in value, boundless in power.
§■ vii. Yet observe, I do not mean to speak of the body and
soul as separable. The man is made up of both: they are to
be raised and glorified together, and all art is an expression of
the one, by and through the other. All that I would insist
upon is, the necessity of the whole man being in his work; the
body must be in it. Hands and habits must be in it, whether
we will or not; but the nobler part of the man may often not
be in it. And that nobler part acts principally in love, reverence, and admiration, together with those conditions of thought
which arise out of them. For we usually fall into much error
by considering the intellectual powers as having dignity in
themselves, and separable from the heart; whereas the truth
is, that the intellect becomes noble and ignoble according to the
food we give it, and the kind of subjects with which it is conversant. It is not the reasoning power which, of itself, is no-
puts anything else to service, and the thing which is put to service by it, are
always two different things?
Alcibiades. I think so.
Socrates. What shall we then say of the leather-cutter? Does he cut his
leather with his instruments only, or with his hands also?
Alcibiades. With his hands also.
Socrates. Does he not use his eyes as well as his hands?
Alcibiades. Yes.
Socrates. And we agreed that the thing which uses and the thing which
is used, were different things?
Alcibiades. Yes. .
Socrates. Then the leather-cutter is not the same thing as his eyes or
hands?
Alcibiades. So it appears.
Socrates. Does not, then, man make use of his whole body?
Alcibiades. Assuredly.
Socrates. Then the man is not the same thing as his body?
Alcibiades. It seems so.
Socrates. What, then, is the man?
Alcibiades. I know not." Plato, Alcibiades I.
| Title | The stones of Venice - 3 |
| Creator | Ruskin, John |
| Publisher | J. Wiley |
| Place of Publication | New York |
| Date | 1889 |
| Language | eng |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Title | 00000188 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | 172 THIRD PERIOD. eyeball be sightless, and can gain in strength when the hand and the foot are hewn off and cast into the fire ; the moment this part of the man stands forth with its solemn " Behold, it is I," then the work becomes art indeed, perfect in honor, priceless in value, boundless in power. §■ vii. Yet observe, I do not mean to speak of the body and soul as separable. The man is made up of both: they are to be raised and glorified together, and all art is an expression of the one, by and through the other. All that I would insist upon is, the necessity of the whole man being in his work; the body must be in it. Hands and habits must be in it, whether we will or not; but the nobler part of the man may often not be in it. And that nobler part acts principally in love, reverence, and admiration, together with those conditions of thought which arise out of them. For we usually fall into much error by considering the intellectual powers as having dignity in themselves, and separable from the heart; whereas the truth is, that the intellect becomes noble and ignoble according to the food we give it, and the kind of subjects with which it is conversant. It is not the reasoning power which, of itself, is no- puts anything else to service, and the thing which is put to service by it, are always two different things? Alcibiades. I think so. Socrates. What shall we then say of the leather-cutter? Does he cut his leather with his instruments only, or with his hands also? Alcibiades. With his hands also. Socrates. Does he not use his eyes as well as his hands? Alcibiades. Yes. Socrates. And we agreed that the thing which uses and the thing which is used, were different things? Alcibiades. Yes. . Socrates. Then the leather-cutter is not the same thing as his eyes or hands? Alcibiades. So it appears. Socrates. Does not, then, man make use of his whole body? Alcibiades. Assuredly. Socrates. Then the man is not the same thing as his body? Alcibiades. It seems so. Socrates. What, then, is the man? Alcibiades. I know not." Plato, Alcibiades I. |
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