Nature is not a static fact situated in a dynamic void but a structure of events possessing the character of continuous creative flow. Nature as it appears is what we love and admire. This treatise points out what is meant when aesthetic experience is compared to the theory or practice and traces the divergence and connection of its contrasted qualities, such as receive the names of beauty and ugliness. First chapter explores the aesthetic and creative ...
This book brings before the readers the description and theory of education for the young which is found in the earliest books of the eminent Greek philosopher Plato. It has four sections: Greek education in the best days of Greece. Education of the young and higher education in Plato's 'Republic'. Education after Plato's time. The opening argument of the republic. Also appended is a 'Note on the Form of the Dialogues and their relation to Socrates'.