Contents

*Introduction* by I. A. Richards ........................................ 7

*I. Introductory* ........................................................... 17

*II. Historical* ............................................................... 21
- ARISTOTLE'S OBSESSION ................................. 21
- THE METAPHYSICAL APPROACH ..................... 24
- THE EVOLUTIONARY APPROACH ..................... 33

*III. Analytical* ............................................................. 53
- THE SCALE AND THE CUT ............................... 58
- THE DIRECTIONAL BASIS ............................... 60
- ATTRACTION AND REPULSION ....................... 63
- ANALYSIS OF EXAMPLES ................................ 65
- SCHEMATIC SUMMARY .................................... 90
- THE VERBAL FACTOR ....................................... 92

*IV. Diagrammatic* ....................................................... 94
- THE IMPORTANCE OF THE BODY .................... 94

*V. Notation* ................................................................. 99

*Appendix* .................................................................. 105

*Index* .......................................................................... 111

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