The Study of Art in Universities Inaugural Lecture of the Slade Professor of F
The Study of Art in Universities Inaugural Lecture of the Slade Professor of F
Charles Waldstein
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83 and literature. Yet, as regards the fundamental laws of their construc- tion and the resultant effects, these laws are universal and apply to all, and it is the duty of the inquirer to discover them. Now, I am well aware that I have been using in a somewhat bold manner such terms as ''laws, " nay, even fundamental laws, and I know that there is prevalent (and this prevalence has much to justify it) a pronounced scepticism with regard to the theory of art. It is as old as the saying de gustib...us non est disputandum. And it may be held that, in matters of taste, there is only doxa, there is no episteme^ there is only opinion, there is no know- 84 THE STUDY OF ART ledge. Yet where scepticism begins there is no end. It would be just as easy to insist upon the Pyrrhonian attitude of mind with regard to truth, as it is with regard to beauty. Scepticism is a phase in human in- tellectual development. It is a matter of temperament. I believe it is in so far subjective. We can all feel sceptics at times ; we must feel it.
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