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fol. 44v    'Truth not easily Discerned'  (Pt II, Sn I, Ch II)  (3.    )
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
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     <Now> .  <w>We enter therefore on the investigation . with the first principle .
     That is the most important truth .  which is most characteristic of the
     object represented .
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fol. 45r	 'Truth not easily Discerned'  (Pt II, Sn I, Ch II)  (3.147)
		 'Particular and General Truths' (Pt II, Sn I, Ch III)  (3.149)
		 'Truths of Colour' (Pt II, Sn I, Ch V)   (3.158)
      
      
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     manifestation - & this shall be like , to those who have not watched for
     its moments of power .         It is possible to represent the spirit in
     its <most> secret & high operation   .   and this shall be like only
     to those to whose ardent gaze it has been revealed .      All these
 5   are Truth .     but according to the dignity of the truths he can
     represent or feel - is the power of the painter - & the justice of
     the judge    .
     			Chap. III .
     	Of the relative importance of truths .
10   It is evident , <from what has been advanced in the last chapter>
     that in comparing the claims of painters to the praise of truthfulness .
     we shall have to consider  . not {only} the mere accuracy with which
     individual truths are given  . ^ {*<nor> {<is>} the number given .} but the
     		relative importance of ^ {the} truths  .
     themselves .  for as it constantly happens that the powers of art
15   are unable to render all truths .  that artist must be considered
     the most truthful.  who has p<ict>erceived[?] the most important at the
     expence [sic] of the most trifling   .		
     <Now> according to Locke . and I cannot use better or more accurate
     expression . there are th<o>ree sorts of qualities in bodies .   Page 79.  Down to
20   Hence he proceeds to prove . that those which he calls primary qualities
     are indeed part of the essence of the body . & characteristic of it . but
     that what <are> {he} call<ed>s sensible qualities are only powers . of producing
      
      

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