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Philosopher

George Henry Lewes was a British philosopher, literary critic, and writer. Born on April 18, 1817, and died on November 28, 1878, Lewes is known for his contributions to moral philosophy, aesthetics, and literary criticism.

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All Men Ifs Art May Science Literature Mind Should Desire Effects

Famous George Henry Lewes Quotes

“Every one who has seriously investigated a novel question, who has really interrogated Nature with a view to a distinct answer, will bear me out in saying that it requires intense and sustained effort of imagination.”

Science Nature Imagination Answers Views Effort Novel Bears Intense Investigation

Book:The Principles of Success in Literature

Source: The Principles of Success in Literature

“The discoverer and the poet are inventors; and they are so because their mental vision detects the unapparent, unsuspected facts, almost as vividly as ocular vision rests on the apparent and familiar.”

Facts Science Vision Poet Familiar Inventor

Book:The Principles of Success in Literature

Source: The Principles of Success in Literature

“Murder, like talent, seems occasionally to run in families.”

Seems Running Talent Murder

Author:George Henry Lewes

“No man was ever eloquent by trying to be eloquent, but only by being so.”

Men Trying Eloquent

Book:The Principles of Success in Literature

Source: The Principles of Success in Literature

“In Science the paramount appeal is to the Intellect-its purpose being instruction; in Art, the paramount appeal is to the Emotions-its purpose being pleasure.”

Art Science Purpose Pleasure Emotion Intellect Appeals Instruction Paramount

Book:The Principles of Success in Literature

Source: The Principles of Success in Literature

About the Author

Born: April 18, 1817
Died: November 28, 1878
Known for: Philosopher
Quotes: 105

Books & Sources

The Principles of Success in LiteratureRelated source material

Aristotle: a chapter from the history of science including analyses of Aristotle's scientific writingsRelated source material

The Spanish Drama. Lope de Vega and CalderonRelated source material

Problems of Life and MindRelated source material

Problems of Life and Mind: The method of science and its application to metaphysics. The rules of philosophising. Psychological principles. The limitations of knowledgeRelated source material

Studies in animal lifeRelated source material

The physiology of common lifeRelated source material

Aristotle: A Chapter from the History of Science, Including Analyses of Aristotle's Scientific WritingsRelated source material

Dramatic EssaysRelated source material

On Actors and the Art of ActingRelated source material

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