[M2.201L] [M2.201] 201 the same together: if then on either side of the scale: the value be O: this will cancel the rank on the other side; and make the supposed art not an art at all. This will be the case with various subjects of intelligence only; with jugglery, and games as chess, etc; and other exercises of the body or the intellect which have no object; and so on the other hand with mechanical operations - weaving, etc which have an object but require no productive power except mere habits of bodily movement. a. But by the definition of an Art, any thing which has not in its structure something of both; is not an art - if therefore the value on either side of the scale be zero, the subject of estimate is not an Art; the fair way of ascertaining - etc But even in this attempt we are met by fresh difficulties.
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