■ e iso mg a> d d moia, if no longer a| pri hended real being* hy simple min lion*, but syllogistic ally, and transitu t ly, proc rrding'lroin one thing to am tlu r, from propositi mis to conclusions. Alleiward', abandoning true reasoning, and the d soiling pei uharity, it d< seen led into gem ration, and became lillnl with much irraiiooalily and prriiul ate ii. It is neicssary therefore, that it should in ur to Is pn pe r prim pies, and again irturii to the place bum wlienee it came, lo tins asc eut ai d apoc.il I'tasis however, llu'r lour manias routfd.ulr Aid tt,e n.U'ical mania mdi rd, hails tu symphony ail liannmiv, the agitate I and ih'liuhed nature ot Ilie p iris ol tl.r '„iil, will'll were humid away lu iii. h lutili lie's and inaplilodr, and were filled Willi alum hint tumult, lint the Ii lestii mania cause* the loul to hr | erlcrt and entire, and prep*r*s . .o energue intellectually. For the musical mama a. r»* harmonizes and represses the pint' ot the soul; but the leb'lic tail'd llie "holt ol it (>■ energizr, and pn-pa.es It to beinine entire, so that the intellectual pall ot it Inay energize. lor the soul bv destci ding into tin rtalini ol gemraii,.. , le-emt.les a thing 1 n s, u n.d relaxe I. And the Circle ol Mi turnr, or me u li Ilcilual part ot it I- Ii Here I, l.ul the < ircle ,1 thi i/idcr. til, or llie thu.i'tn pail, sustains many lu tiin-' and turnings. lle.ee, thi soul energizes | irliallv, and lint aiconllng lo the whole <5 llsrll. lie I Jn.iiy -1 It al inspiration ,1 riel re, alirr the part* cl Ihe suul are co-harmoiii/ei), ri oilers Itpiil, , 1 , and rausi * It to em-lgi/i- at Uiduig lu I he whole ul iImIi, and tuhve mil lleiiui! y. Hul the Apolh.inaial mama iiiiiirii, ,nd i nix. He, all i he limit .pin d |’ow i T', iinrl lue whole ol ihr soul lo the i *nf of it. limit) Apollo is deiiuininated, as elec a mg llie soul Irom miiltiiude, to 1'ecu. And tne [riua.iniig in una, the um.itorv, receiving ih> soul united. . imp a iis tills , lie ol the- soul to ti e (,od , auj tu intelligible beauty. As the turn thprelure o! I In--c man as aie trail, elide nly united, and are in rich t.tlu r, the- gills al-o oil this account | trin ipate <’l, and i om mu no ate w u h, eaCli ol her, and the recipient, win, h is llie s ail, posse-srs ail ada| tatioli to all tin gibs, this llierelore i> the order, ami these are ienergies a id powtis within the foul itself, of these lour u.ni .as
“ li it let iis al o ions ul, r their external r lie r c, its on ruin, a I w h it they i utwanlly t lit et ah,ml us 1 he iniis.cal mama then lore, tatisis us lo spe ik in vrrsr, ai.d to a,t and he muvtd rhy lliiinc.illy, and to sing m nittie, the 'pit mlid C tils ol tiiviut mill, and llitir xirlms and | or-tnls, and through these, to tlistiplme t ii r 1 .le, in the saint m inner as ihr inward n at.ias coharim.iiue our s ail. Ii it the tile tc mania, expelh ig eierv thing loreign, contaminating, and noiious, pic i ivts our lilr perlict, and n noxious, and banishing all ll sjue and diaholu al | hanlasy, Causes us to he sam, cut re and perl, . t, just as lit internal telrslir mam t, makes the 'oiil to he pern ct anil mine Again, the pmphelic mania cuiHracts into one, the extension and ml nity ol time, and sees as ill one present now all thing , the pa t, the Inline, and the existing time. , It lu e, it pit ill’ Is w hat w ill he, w hi h It se, s a* prrs, nt lu itself. ll c loses ns tl eri l,.ie, to pass through lilt lu an Itrt |tii hi i.'ihli in.inm l , |usl a. lb" liileru.il pi i phi 1 1 ii am i t oiiIi.ii Is anil t li vales all Ihe multiplied, alul many Jioweis and lives of the soul, to Me t»-.e, in older that it may in a g i alt r tlegrt e be preserve d and coi nected. Hut the amatory mama tonverts young persons to u-, and cati'i s llurii to become utirlriti.d-, being instructive ol youth, and leading them In in sensible biauty, to our psytl.ual Leauty, am] Irom this 'ending them to Inltlligil le I tauly , in the sin c m.iiinrr as tl e internal aumlurj mama conjoins the vnr nt the soul to the Cod'.
“All ihe fchoi t-nientiolitil mama* therefore, are superior tu the profit ut ai d Icinpriaie cnergle* of the soul. Ni virtl.i It'S, there is a mania which is cu-ordn.ale with liinpci.nice, ai d which we 'ay, ha* in a ceil..in rt'jni a preing.itise above 1 it. 1 »r tirlaiu in'I ii at u is ait- | it. hit t , 1 , ai 111 ding to the middle, *> '1 al o aic .riling to tin- tlox istic na-idis ol ll * sou 1 , cuiiloriii.tldy to w nn h artists t licet certain tl :i.g», ami discover theorems buy olid expectation, a* Asclrpius, lor
1 For wo here, it is necessary- to read
ADDITIONAL NOTLS.
p. 473
lumr, til iimiiciiir, and llrmiies in thr j Tactic 1 lllc
Aft* riv.ml", i i! eotiiii i nting mi what I’lato siysof 1 fir in an i.i Iroin tlic Mm*'', m. “ tl at it adorns the 111tii>Hi- 'lei d* nl tin- am u nis," lit rmr.is ol serve',“ that the inward rnrr_• v m thr smil of ll c poetic in. him, ly a| 111> ii 1 (C it'-cll In '•uprrinr am! intelligible natures, imparts t« Mil'tiril u.iir iiaturrs harmony ami order; hut tliftt tin- rslrrn.tl divinely inspired purlrv celebrates thr ilrnli nl the anc rut*, ami instructs hntli its con- Irnlpur.lilts iml posterity, rxirndtng its cm rgies carry ulit it " lint l lato »ays, •• that hr who without th« ilivi.’rly-inspirr il mania ril' thr Musrs, expects to hc- < nine i ilitmr p. rt, will hy thus I.u.ey mi;, become him i ll in'l'rrlrrl ; and Ins | airy wall hr vanq nshrd »i d contrail d hy thr purtry which is thr progeny of in mu," llrrinr is ad l», “ 1 or w I it siimhtnilr is there between thr pot try i l Clui rilus and t alltmarhus, and that nl Ilomrr anti I’indar f l or the divinely-inspired ports, as hi nip lillrd (ruin the Muses, alw ays invoke tin in, and estci d to the-in all tint they ' ly." I u a fuller, and most admirable act mint of the poetic mama, and of the dill rent spines ol poetry hy 1‘rt chi-, see the Notes on the lOlh hook or tlic Krpuhhe, in my translation of I’l.lto, and uiso the Inlrodnetion to ;ny translation ol the llhcloiit. Poetic and Nicomachean Ethics of Aristotle.
Front what i- 1 ere jaici by Ilermras about enthusiasm, the intelligent reader w nl casi y *re that none ol the Human ( oris v- ho-e work' have been transmitted tin', p.sscssed that "In h is primarily, projieilv, ami truly enthusiasm, or th it highest -'pecirs of it,in winch (Vo'ie ol the soul i-illuminated by adivine n ituic, ami though traus- r ndi nt similitude, is united mu. As to Virgil, indeed, the prince of these ports, though lie invokes the Mi sc in me In ginning ol the ■ 1111 in I, yrt his invoc ition ol her is but a partial and secondary thing. 1 > r I c only c ills r u her to unf -Id to him the c.io-rs that iiivofvc d a man of such n markable pie's as Kite s. in so many mi'lorlunes ;
.Mns i, nuln causas hi- mora, **c. and contidii g in Ins nw n g< uni', hr begins hi* poeru without Soliciting 'llpr Hull in'| ir.lllon,
Anna, viruinq-.e caiio, &C
To which r ay lu* add. I t it this placing htmjrlf l cf,,re tl e Muse, rcscmblr* llic no cf mein rex of Wolsclry. On the contrary, chvim ly-in'pirrd poet*, a* llrrmca- well observes, knot k, a* it were, at »hr gate* of the Muses, and thus being Idled from thence cirl.um, r frwrri pu> t Moi/<toj —
And,
A r,d.
Tor being
Mirer aeihe tea —•
AcSpa M ct cmwc Moc-era— alsvays cilended to them, they dispose the whole of what they alter.* ards say, a* derive d from their inspiring influence. With an arrogance, too, peculiar to the Homan', who as a certain Grit k poitsays,* weT« a people
“ Hey* ml measure proud,"
he associate s hini'i If, m los i n Fatigue, with ti e Muses, as their rriu.il;
■Sicili !rs Musa , p mill map ra Cana mis ; wl ich reminds mr ol what Sun. in is rrlatis i f Caligula, that hr would plan* looist ll I ri»t< n the staluc ■ ol Ca'lor ami I’ulhii,aMl triiilr r pn\a'*lv with Jupiter C'apituhmi*, laiirymg that le- was u.imi.iir with, and ol iqii.il dignity with these- dull 1 io Ai ll as to the poc t« that base Intel since the la 1 ol the It -m*n empire, it would he ridiculous to suppose that they possessed tins highest riilhusi ism, as they did not believe in ll t lUstrntr ol the 'ooiccs Iroin whence it is alone gc mniiely derived.
I'.til. A< 1'irnt ie, Jupiter m If, . Is the (iodi,n Ve»
preude oirr the n.U’uAme t- rilru.ii/i/, to the Grrcun war.—
I lie lullowmg I e iiitilu! < t[ lai alum ol the rceoiidite meaning , I the I'rojiii war in lh uicr, is given ly llrrinr is m Ins be liolia un the l’ha Ini' ol I’l tlo :
“■ Hy Him wc must understand the gc- crated and material place, which is so denominated Iroin mud and flutter (voga TTJC »Aw «ai rrj» eAlj*'), and III w-huli there are war and ‘edition. Hut the Trojans arc material form*, and all the lives winch subsist about bodies. Hence also the 1 rojans are called prnume {ifa-yemt). F r all tlic lives winch subsist about bodies ar.d irrational’ souls, arc I ivoiiralne and alt- nuse to tlieir proper matter. On the rontrary, the Greeks are rational s -ni', ci.in ng frt ni Grrere, i. c. In in the intelligible into milter. Hence the Gretks are railed /ur<ig.ien (v'T'c-Jii 1 , and ‘ anotii'Ii the Trojan*, as bring ol a su- | c rmr ur lor Hut they tight w ith car h other about the image 0 f Helen, as the poet ‘ays [about tl e image of Kiu-as],
Around the phar.tc m, Grcrks inel Trojans light * Helen signifying intr lligihle beauty, bring a certain rri< el *\»nu) m o\xra , itlrac tmg to H-ell ii.telle cl. An clllux tin rrli.re, ol this i nt* lligit lc he .mis is imparted to in itter thr- ugh Y< mis ; and about this rl’iux ol beauty the Greeks light with the ir.jans [i r i ill nal with irrational lives'] And those indeed, V it oppose and vanquish matter, return to the mu legible, which is ll r if true r.iunlrs , I lit tin sc » ho tin not, as i- tin case wuli the multitude, arr hound to malt* r As thr te- (i>rr, the piriplul in the 10th ho-ck t.l it.r Urpohlir,
{ revi .Italy in the de cent of sc.id*, a m.i t.ces t . tl.ein (low they may rt turn [tu tin li pristi c It In its,] ae cunling to period* ol a timil'alid and tin iho-is.iml sears; thus hHo ( alt 1 1 as predicts to the (>r< ■ l* let ir rtltirn in ten year*, tl.e number tm being a symbol of a pi Meet peritd. And as ill the lives ol so- !-, some .ire elevated through | lulo'ophy, others through the amatory art.
* The German editor of ll e*e Scholia, instead of i rparr». v , which is the true reading in li i* place, and which he found in the Manus ripi, absurdly substitutes (or it ».*-*<**>, as if Hercules was a pugili't >e< my lianslauon of the Dissertation ol Maximus Tyrius, On the 1 ’rarlic and llieortlic Die.
* \’id. tliynipiod-.r. m Aiistot. Meteor
1 For oj-aAoyoi ifv\ai lu re, it is Dcccs'ary to road oAcvyoc cj-vx<u.
* Iliad V. v. Ol.