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And so in some sort, all the fine arts may be said to be
produced by that to which they are addressed; the Senses
affections and intelligence guarding the hand: resolution
and imagination.
Now then, having the Human being divided into two halves
the active and receptive and each of these halves includ-
ing the three elements of his Maker, Body soul and spirit
we may refer the arts to either half of him we choose;
and class them according to the nobleness of that by
which they are produced, and of that by which they are
received.
Now the conclusion will in some cases be correspondent
in others; an art will stand high on one side low on
the other; Cookery for instance: I believe it requires
mearly as much intelligence to be a good cook; as to be
a good politician; and that both invention and obser-
vation must be possessed in a high degree in order to
succeed; But as addressed to the senses only, the
art stands low on the other side of the scale; a. insert
from below page 201 . Now the fair way of ascertaining
the true rank is therefore to find and express by figures
the rank on both sides of ths s[a]cale: and then multiply
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