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Walter Pater was a British essayist, critic, and poet, known for his influential literary criticism and contributions to the Aesthetic Movement. Born on August 4, 1839, and died on July 30, 1894, Pater's work had a significant impact on the development of modern literary theory and the appreciation of art and literature.

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“To the modern spirit nothing is, or can be rightly known, except relatively and under conditions.”

Spirit Known Knowledge Modern Conditions

Book:The Works of Walter Pater

Source: The Works of Walter Pater

“For us necessity is not as of old an image without us, with whom we can do warfare; it is a magic web woven through and through us, like that magnetic system of which modern science speaks, penetrating us with a network subtler than our subtlest nerves, yet bearing in it the central forces of the world.”

World Speak Force Can Do Magic Modern Nerves Warfare Woven Modern Science Magnetic

Book:Studies in the History of the Renaissance

Source: Studies in the History of the Renaissance

“A very intimate sense of the expressiveness of outward things, which ponders, listens, penetrates, where the earlier, less developed consciousness passed lightly by, is an important element in the general temper of our modern poetry.”

Important Consciousness Modern Elements Intimate Temper Penetrate Pondering Modern Poetry

Book:Essays from The Guardian

Source: Essays from The Guardian

“To regard all things and principles of things as inconstant modes or fashions has more and more become the tendency of modern thought.”

Principles Modern Fashion All Things Regard Tendencies

Book:The Renaissance

Source: The Renaissance

About the Author

Born: August 4, 1839
Died: July 30, 1894
Known for: Critic
Quotes: 69

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