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It is a mistake to suppose, with some philosophers of aesthetics, that art and poetry aim to deal with the general and the abstract. This misconception has been foisted upon us by mediaeval logic. Art and poetry deal with the concrete of nature, not with separate 'particulars,' for such rows do not exist.

Ernest Fenollosa

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Ernest Fenollosa

Ernest Fenollosa

Born: February 18, 1853
Died: September 21, 1908 (aged 55)
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