The Grammar of Philosophy

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Excerpt from The Grammar of Philosophy: A Study of Scientific MethodUniverse to look upon when I will, that shall be my 1esthetic Gallery.In short, some men are infinitely inferior to their terrestrial wealth, others, infinitely above it. Some are poverty-stricken amid golden spoons, others, wealthy behind horn table-appointments. True wealth is, in the right sense, a mental and spiritual property. Its measure is to be gauged by our faculty and' desire of entering into communion with Divine and High Beings and into the contemplation of great things - as when the Psalmist declared that he would rather keep a door in the Temple of God than dwell in the tents of sin.Many minds are so poverty-stricken, so debased, in their ignorance and grossness, that even the divinest scenery may move them no more than the sight of a wooden hoarding. They are no more struck with the majesty of Creation than a ¿y: accordingly, for aesthetics] purposes at least, they are no better than a ¿y.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.