Herbert Spencer, Gracefulness, in Herbert Spencer, Essays: Moral, Policial and Æsthetic (New York, 1865), pp. 312-318.

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Herbert Spencer, Gracefulness, in Herbert Spencer, Essays: Moral, Policial and Æsthetic (New York, 1865), pp. 312-318.

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'Beauty is our general name for certain qualities of things which are habitually associated with our gratifications... thus our idea of beauty is a result of accumulated pleasurable experiences.' (312)

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Created by Herbert Spencer
Related to Material relating to the emergence of physiological aesthetics (c.1850-1910)
Related to Henry Maudsley, The Physiology and Pathology of the Mind. 1867.
Related to Herbert Spencer, 'Origin and Function of Music' (1875), reprinted in Essays: Scientific, Political, and Speculative, Library Edititon, Containing Seven Essays Not Before Republished, Vol. II (Edinburgh, 1891)

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Herbert Spencer, Gracefulness, in Herbert Spencer, Essays: Moral, Policial and Æsthetic (New York, 1865), pp. 312-318.

Herbert Spencer, Gracefulness, in Herbert Spencer, Essays: Moral, Policial and Æsthetic (New York, 1865), pp. 312-318.

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