...simplest form — that is, the reception of a peculiar kind of pleasure from certain colors, forma, and sounds — was first developed in the mind of...and of the lower animals is a very obscure subject There must be some fundamental cause in the constitution of the nervous system in each species." *...

...the " Origin of Species," p. 159, Mr. Darwin does seem to assert this ; but he says in conclusion, " How the sense of beauty in its simplest form — that...and of the lower animals is a very obscure subject," p. 162. To Mr. Darwin, with his present views, it may well be obscure ; but it presents no obscurity...

...transmitted to both sexes, instead of to the males alone. How the sense of beauty in its simplest form—that is, the reception of a peculiar kind of pleasure from certain colours, forms, and sounds—was first developed in the mind of man and of the lower animals, is a very obscure subject....

...transmitted to both sexes, instead of to the males alone. How the sense of beauty in its simplest furm — that is, the reception of a peculiar kind of pleasure...and of the lower animals, is a very obscure subject. The same sort of difficulty is presented, if we enquire how it is that certain flavours and odours...

...taste for beautiful colors and for musical sounds runs through a large part of the animal kingdom." 8 " How the sense of beauty in its simplest form — that...reception of a peculiar kind of pleasure from certain colors, forms, and sounds — was first developed in the mind of man and of the lower animals is a...

...For the sense of beauty in its simplest form, as Mr. Darwin rightly puts it, is nothing more than " the reception of a peculiar kind of pleasure from certain colours, forms, and sounds." l Now we have seen reason to believe that the insect feels some slight pleasure in the perception of...

...For the sense of beauty in its simplest form, as Mr. Darwin rightly puts it, is nothing more than " the reception of a peculiar kind of pleasure from certain colours, forms, and sounds." 1 Now we have seen reason to believe that the insect feels some slight pleasure in the perception of...

...all of them." " The sense of beauty," says Mr. Darwin, " in its simplest form is nothing more than the reception of a peculiar kind of pleasure from certain colours, forms, and sounds." All this does not help us much, and it is of no use, I think, to try and answer the question in the...

...beauty in its simplest form — 1 Origin of Species, pp. 159, 160. 2 See Origin of Species, pp. 160-162 that is, the reception of a peculiar kind of pleasure from certain colors, forms, and sounds — was first developed in the mind of man and of the lower animals is a...

...46. { 16., pp. 275, 277. § Sensation and Intuition, p. 336. !l Ib., p. 349. a capacity for aesthetic and other pleasures.* " How the sense of beauty in...and of the lower animals is a very obscure subject ; " t but aesthetic impressions " are peculiarly susceptible of development by appropriate culture,...