...the creative source of discovery. Discrimination and delicacy of sensation, so important in phj'sical research, are other words for taste ; and the love...of the magnificent, the sublime, and the beautiful. Tup pleasure derived from great philosophical discoveries is less popular, and more limited, in its...

...combination, a power of perceiving analogies, and of comparing them by facts, is the creative source of discovery. Discrimination and delicacy of sensation,...durable and less connected with fashion or caprice. Canvas and wood, and even stone, will decay. The work of a great artist loses all its spirit in the...

...combination, a power of perceiving analogies, and of comparing them by facts, in the creative source of discovery. Discrimination and delicacy of sensation,...of the magnificent, the sublime and the beautiful. Parallels between Art and Science 1807, p 208 Richard Dawkins 194127 We are survival machines — robot...

...Handel share a similar genius, for the philosophical mind must employ imagination as well as reason. "Discrimination and delicacy of sensation, so important...of nature is the same passion, as the love of the significant, the sublime, and the beautiful" (8:307). Once again, science is compared to the standard...

...combination, a power of perceiving analogies, and of comparing them by facts, is the creative source of discovery. Discrimination and delicacy of sensation,...of the magnificent, the sublime, and the beautiful. Sir Humphrey Davy2 The sciences and arts were once, not so very long ago, considered to be very similar,...