Seventh Meeting April 11th 1870
Preamble
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Transcript
13Meeting 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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13Definitions 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
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