Портрет художника в юности

           Aquinassays:ADPULCRITUDINEMTRIAREQUIRUNTURINTEGRITAS,CONSONANTIA,CLARITAS.Itranslateitso:THREETHINGSARENEEDEDFORBEAUTY,WHOLENESS,HARMONY,ANDRADIANCE.Dothesecorrespondtothephasesofapprehension?Areyoufollowing?

           —Ofcourse,Iam,saidLynch.IfyouthinkIhaveanexcrementitiousintelligencerunafterDonovanandaskhimtolistentoyou.

           Stephenpointedtoabasketwhichabutcher’sboyhadslunginvertedonhishead.

           —Lookatthatbasket,hesaid.

           —Iseeit,saidLynch.

           —Inordertoseethatbasket,saidStephen,yourmindfirstofallseparatesthebasketfromtherestofthevisibleuniversewhichisnotthebasket.Thefirstphaseofapprehensionisaboundinglinedrawnabouttheobjecttobeapprehended.Anestheticimageispresentedtouseitherinspaceorintime.

           Whatisaudibleispresentedintime,whatisvisibleispresentedinspace.But,temporalorspatial,theestheticimageisfirstluminouslyapprehendedasselfboundedandselfcontainedupontheimmeasurablebackgroundofspaceortimewhichisnotit.YouapprehendeditasONEthing.Youseeitasonewhole.Youapprehenditswholeness.ThatisINTEGRITAS.

           —Bull’seye!saidLynch,laughing.Goon.

           —Then,saidStephen,youpassfrompointtopoint,ledbyitsformallines;youapprehenditasbalancedpartagainstpartwithinitslimits;youfeeltherhythmofitsstructure.