Портрет художника в юності
Chapter 5
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.
