Samuel Taylor Coleridge Quote

We study the complex in the simple; and only from the intuition of the lower can we safely proceed to the intellection of the higher degrees. The only danger lies in the leaping from low to high, with the neglect of the intervening gradations.


Hints Towards the Formation of a More Comprehensive Theory of Life, Physiology of Life (p. 41), Lea & Blanchard. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, 1848


We study the complex in the simple; and only from the intuition of the lower can we safely proceed to the intellection of the higher degrees. The...

We study the complex in the simple; and only from the intuition of the lower can we safely proceed to the intellection of the higher degrees. The...

We study the complex in the simple; and only from the intuition of the lower can we safely proceed to the intellection of the higher degrees. The...

We study the complex in the simple; and only from the intuition of the lower can we safely proceed to the intellection of the higher degrees. The...