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fol. 38r  	[fol. 37v blank]	'Of the Sublime'  (Pt I, Sn II, Ch III)     (3.130?)
      
[Slip inserted:  Mod: Painters .  Vol. I. / ------- / Pt. 1.  Sec . II.  Chap. i / Page 31 et sqq. / ------- / General Principles / respecting Ideas of / Power  . / -------- ]
      
      
      
     From what has been said of Ideas of Imitation.  it will be evident to every <*.*>
     thinking mind. <t>not only that they are unworthy of the aim of artists . but that
     their presence is a sign and brand of degradation in art.  They should not
 5   however. on this account : escape our attention. as they may {thus} be useful
     	<not as> tests of the first approach to vicious feeling .  and we may be able
     fre[?]quently - without going into the labour of more particular criticism . to
     say of a picture .  It deceives .  therefore it is bad .
     But .  from  what has been advanced in Chap.  3  .   it appears that ideas
10   of imitation are only a particular result and combination of those of Truth.
     In examining the general truth of art. we shall thus naturally arrive
     at the sources of the particular ideas of imitation .  and we shall then
     be able more completely and satisfactorily to prove <their mean> what we
     have just affirmed respecting them ,  that they are only to be looked for
15   as evidences of evil  .
     We are therefore concerned only with the four species of ideas .  Power. Truth
     Beauty . Relation  .   We shall endeavour to determine the relative
     dignity of each of these classes of idea  . and then to prove the relative
     merit of works of art . by the standard so determined .  The investigation.	
20   of ideas of Power.  will lead us to determine what is excellent in execution.

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