Modern Painters Volume II (of V) by John Ruskin
Chapter 1 —Of the Rank and Relations of the Theoretic Faculty.
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§ 1. With what care the subject is to be approached. 1
§ 2. And of what importance considered. 2
§ 3. The doubtful force of the term "utility". 3
§ 4. Its proper sense. 4
§ 5. How falsely applied in these times. 4
§ 6. The evil consequences of such interpretation. How connected with national power. 5
§ 7. How to be averted. 6
§ 8. Division of the pursuits of men into subservient and objective. 8
§ 9. Their relative dignities. 10
§ 10. How reversed through erring notions of the contemplative and imaginative faculties. 10
§ 11. Object of the present section. 11
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Chapter 1 —Of the Rank and Relations of the Theoretic Faculty.
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Chapter 2 —Of the Theoretic Faculty as concerned with Pleasures of Sense.
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Chapter 3 —Of Accuracy and Inaccuracy in Impressions of Sense.
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Chapter 4 —Of False Opinions held concerning Beauty.
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Chapter 5 —Of Typical Beauty —First, of Infinity, or the Type of Divine Incomprehensibility.
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Chapter 6 —Of Unity, or the Type of the Divine Comprehensiveness.
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Chapter 7 —Of Repose, or the Type of Divine Permanence.
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Chapter 8 —Of Symmetry, or the Type of Divine Justice.
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Chapter 9 —Of Purity, or the Type of Divine Energy.
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Chapter 10 —Of Moderation, or the Type of Government by Law.
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Chapter 11 —General Inferences respecting Typical Beauty.
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Chapter 12 —Of Vital Beauty —First, as Relative.
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Chapter 13 —Of Vital Beauty —Secondly, as Generic.
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Chapter 14 —Of Vital Beauty —Thirdly, in Man.
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Chapter 15 —Of the Three Forms of Imagination.
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Chapter 16 —Of Imagination Associative.
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Chapter 17 —Of Imagination Penetrative.
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Chapter 18 —Of Imagination Contemplative.
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Chapter 19 OF THE RANK AND RELATIONS OF THE THEORETIC FACULTY.
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Chapter 20 OF THE THEORETIC FACULTY AS CONCERNED WITH PLEASURES OF SENSE.
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