Now it is evident that this use of the word ideal is much less accurate than the
other, from which it is derived, for it rests on the assumption that the assemblage of all the characters of a species in their perfect development
cannot exist but in the imagination. For if it can actually and in reality
exist, it is not right to call it ideal or imaginary; it would be better to call
it characteristic or general, and to reserve the word ideal for the results of the operation of the
imagination, either on the perfect or imperfect forms. oil painting for sale
Nevertheless, the word ideal has been so long and universally accepted in
this sense, that I think it better to continue the use of it, so only that the
reader will be careful to observe the distinction in the sense, according to the
subject matter under discussion. At present then, using it as expressive of the
noble generic form which indicates the full perfection of the creature in all
its functions, I wish to examine how far this perception exists or may exist in
nature, and if not in nature, how it is by us discoverable or imaginable. cheap oil paintings
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