...his crusade for liberty, his doctrine that "the great secret of morals is love, or a going-out of our nature, and an identification of ourselves with the...exists in thought, action, or person; not our own," belongs to this company. For him Beauty and Love are one, and supreme power belongs to them. Browning...

...didactic. Beauty inspires love in the beholder, and love is the great secret of morals. By love he means "a going out of our own nature, and an identification...exists in thought, action, or person not our own." Imagination, then, becomes the instrument of moral good; that one is most capable of good who can imagine...

...indeed all creation, from Love, for he defines Love as " a going out of our own nature (e/ccrra<r«) and an identification of ourselves with the beautiful...exists in thought action or person, not our own." To me personally this group of conceptions is completely satisfying. If I may speak of myself as a...

...indeed all creation, from Love, for he defines Love as "a going out of our own nature (era-rao-is) and an identification of ourselves with the beautiful...exists in thought action or person, not our own." To me personally this group of conceptions is completely satisfying. If I may speak of myself as a...

...always be imagined. "A man to be greatly good must imagine intensely and comprehensively," said Shelley; "he must put himself in the place of another and of many others; the pains and 10 The Sense of Beauty, p. 186. pleasures of his species become his own. The great instrument of moral...

...deciding, read Shelley's Defence of Poetry. There, he will find these words which apply peculiarly to him: "A man, to be greatly good, must imagine intensely...place of another and of many others; the pains and the pleasures of his species must become his own." He must decide for himself whether he is such a...

...arguing that poetry leads to "moral improvement" by opening people's minds to their dependence on others: The great secret of morals is Love; or a going out...thought, action, or person not our own. A man, to be good, must imagine intensely and comprehensively; he must put himself in the place of another and of...

...stresses the mysteriously transcendent power of art. In Defense of Poetry, Shelley wrote, A man, in order to be greatly good, must imagine intensely and comprehensively;...pleasures of his species must become his own. The 3. Charles Johnson, "The King We Left Behind," 8, 9. 4. Martin Luther King Jr., Tlie Words of Martin...

...texts. THE PLEASURES OF PROTEST The great secret of morals is love, or a going out of our nature and the identification of ourselves with the beautiful which...exists in thought, action, or person, not our own. — Shelley Because they are directly connected, the satisfactions that individuals get from their...

...Again, an important value of literature is the faculties and capacities it fosters. Shelley writes The great secret of morals is love; or a going out of our own nature. ... A man, to be greatly good, must imagine intensely and comprehensively; he must put himself in place...