of the
lowest. 39
Sec. 10. Therefore perilous. 40
Sec. 11. Recapitulation. 40

CHAPTER III.--Of the Sublime.

Sec. 1. Sublimity is the effect upon the mind of anything above it. 41
Sec. 2. Burke's theory of the nature of the sublime incorrect, and why. 41
Sec. 3. Danger is sublime, but not the fear of it. 42
Sec. 4. The highest beauty is sublime. 42
Sec. 5. And generally whatever elevates the mind. 42
Sec. 6. The former division of the subject is therefore sufficient. 42

PART II.

OF TRUTH.

SECTION I.

GENERAL PRINCIPLES RESPECTING IDEAS OF TRUTH.

CHAPTER I.--Of Ideas of Truth in their connection with those of
Beauty and Relation.

Sec. 1. The two great ends of landscape painting are the representation
of facts and thoughts. 44
Sec. 2. They induce a different choice of material subjects. 45
Sec. 3. The first mode of selection apt to produce sameness and
repetition. 45
Sec. 4. The second necessitating variety. 45
Sec. 5. Yet the first is delightful to all. 46
Sec. 6. The second only to a few. 46
Sec. 7. The first necessary to the second. 47
Sec. 8. The exceeding importance of truth. 48
Sec. 9. Coldness or want of beauty no sign of truth. 48
Sec. 10. How truth may be considered a just criterion of all art. 48

CHAPTER II.--That the Truth of Nature is not to be discerned by the
Uneducated Senses.

Sec. 1. The common self-deception of men with respect to their
power of discerning truth. 50
Sec. 2. Men usually see little of what is before their eyes. 51
Sec. 3. But more or less in proportion to their natural sensibility to
what is beautiful. 52
Sec. 4. Connected with