Monday, 11 April 2016

Seventh Meeting

Seventh Meeting April 11th 1870



Preamble



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Transcript

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Meeting held at Mr Watts' house. Present
Messrs. Watts, H. Bruuner, E. Carey, Muspratt,
J.T. Brunner & Mond
Words proposed for definition
Taste, Fanaticism, Bigotry, [??] [??]
Definitions proposed Taste
Taste is intellectuel sensibility
                                                       Erin go Bragh
Taste is susceptibility of Beauty     Unversagt
Taste is the faculty by which men perceive beauty
                                                        Paulatim
Taste is the faculty of discerning between the
right & the wrong in art               Nemo
Taste is the appreciation of what is artistic
                                                      Palmam qui meruit ferat
Taste is the faculty of appreciating beauty
                                                    Onward & upward
                Definition proposed
Taste is the faculty of perceiving beauty
                Agreed to unanimously
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April 11th 1870



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Definitions proposed for Fanaticism
Fanaticism To be seized with an idea to such an
extent to forget all others                            Unversagt
Fanaticism is enthusiasm pushed beyond the
bounds of moderation                                Palmam qui.
Fanaticism is ardour ungoverned by [??]
                                                              Onward & upward
Fanaticism is the zeal which seeks to enforce
the acceptance of ideas regardless of consequences
                                                                         Nemo
Fanaticism is misguided enthusiasm
                                                                  Paulatim
Fanaticism is zeal directed by ignorance
                                                                 Erin go Bragh
                 Definitions proposed
Fanaticism is enthusiasm carried to excess
agreed to by Erin go Bragh, Onward & upward
                                       Palmam qui meruit ferat
                Minority definitions
Fanaticism is wrongly directed enthusiasm
                                         Nemo, Paulatim
Fanaticism is excessive ardour in the pursuit of
an idea, leading to immoral acts.       Unversagt

                                                 April 11th 1870


 
 
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