第 44 节
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  t by a gradual loosening); the oscillation must bring about a mental movement and a sympathetic internal movement of the body。 This continues involuntarily and produces fatigue; but in so doing it also affords recreation (the effects of a motion conducive to health)。   For supposing we assume that some movement in the bodily organs is associated sympathetically with all our thoughts; it is readily intelligible how the sudden act above referred to; of shifting the mind now to one standpoint and now to the other; to enable it to contemplate its object; may involve a corresponding and reciprocal straining and slackening of the elastic parts of our intestines; which communicates itself to the diaphragm (and resembles that felt by ticklish people); in the course of which the lungs expel the air with rapidly succeeding interruptions; resulting in a movement conducive to health。 This alone; and not what goes on in the mind; is the proper cause of the gratification in a thought that at bottom represents nothing。 Voltaire said that heaven has given us two things to compensate us for the many miseries of life; hope and sleep。 He might have added laughter to the list…if only the means of exciting it in men of intelligence were as ready to hand; and the wit or originality of humour which it requires were not just as rare as the talent is common for inventing stuff that splits the head; as mystic speculators do; or that breaks your neck; as the genius does; or that harrows the heart as sentimental novelists do (aye; and moralists of the same type)。   We may; therefore as I conceive; make Epicurus a present of the point that all gratification; even when occasioned by concepts that evoke aesthetic ideas; is animal; i。e。; bodily sensation。 For from this admission the spiritual feeling of respect for moral ideas; which is not one of gratification; but a self…esteem (an esteem for humanity within us) that raises us above the need of gratification; suffers not a whit…no nor even the less noble feeling of taste。   In naivete we meet with a joint product of both the above。 Naivete is the breaking forth of the ingenuousness originally natural to humanity; in opposition to the art of disguising oneself that has become a second nature。 We laugh at the simplicity that is as yet a stranger to dissimulation; but we rejoice the while over the simplicity of nature that thwarts that art。 We await the commonplace manner of artificial utterance; thoughtfully addressed to a fair show; and lo! nature stands before us in unsullied innocence…nature that we were quite unprepared to meet; and that he who laid it bare had also no intention of revealing。 That the outward appearance; fair but false; that usually assumes such importance in our judgement; is here; at a stroke; turned to a nullity; that; as it were; the rogue in us is nakedly exposed; calls forth the movement of the mind; in two successive and opposite directions; agitating the body at the same time with wholesome motion。 But that something infinitely better than any accepted code of manners; namely purity of mind (or at least a vestige of such purity); has not become wholly extinct in human nature; infuses seriousness and reverence into this play of judgement。 But since it is only a manifestation that obtrudes itself for a moment; and the veil of a dissembling art is soon drawn over it again; there enters into the above feelings a touch of pity。 This is an emotion of tenderness; playful in its way; that thus readily admits of combination with this sort of genial laughter。 And; in fact; this emotion is as a rule associated with it; and; at the same time; is wont to make amends to the person who provides such food for our merriment for his embarrassment at not being wise after the manner of men。 For that…reason art of being naif is a contradiction。 But it is quite possible to give a representation of naivete in a fictitious personage; and; rare as the art is; it is a fine art。 With this naivete we must not confuse homely simplicity; which only avoids spoiling nature by artificiality; because it has no notion of the conventions of good society。   The humorous manner may also be ranked as a thing which in its enlivening influence is clearly allied to the gratification provoked by laughter。 It belongs to originality of mind (des Geistes); though not to the talent for fine art。 Humour; in a good sense; means the talent for being able to put oneself at will into a certain frame of mind in which everything is estimated on lines that go quite off the beaten track (a topsy…turvy view of things); and yet on lines that follow certain principles; rational in the case of such a mental temperament。 A person with whom such variations are not a matter of choice is said to have humours; but if a person can assume them voluntarily and of set purpose (on behalf of a lively presentation drawn from a ludicrous contrast); he and his way of speaking are termed humorous。 This manner belongs; however; to agreeable rather than to fine art; because the object of the latter must always have an evident intrinsic worth about it; and thus demands a certain seriousness in its presentation; as taste does in estimating it。
  PART1|SEC2            FIRST PART CRITIQUE OF AESTHETIC JUDGEMENT           SECTION II。 DIALECTIC OF AESTHETIC JUDGEMENT。
  SS 55。
  For a power of judgement to be dialectical it must first of all be rationalizing; that is to say; its judgements must lay claim to universality;* and do so a priori; for it is in the antithesis of such judgements that dialectic consists。 Hence there is nothing dialectical in the irreconcilability of aesthetic judgements of sense (upon the agreeable and disagreeable)。 And in so far as each person appeals merely to his own private taste; even the conflict of judgements of taste does not form a dialectic of taste…for no one is proposing to make his own judgement into a universal rule。 Hence the only concept left to us of a dialectic affecting taste is one of a dialectic of the critique of taste (not of taste itself) in respect of its principles: for; on the question of the ground of the possibility of judgements of taste in general; mutually conflicting concepts naturally and unavoidably make their appearance。 The transcendental critique of taste will; therefore; only include a part capable of bearing the name of a dialectic of the aesthetic judgement if we find an antinomy of the principles of this faculty which throws doubt upon its conformity to law; and hence also upon its inner possibility。
  *Any judgement which sets up to be universal may be termed a rationalizing judgement (indicium ratiocinans); for so far as universal it may serve as the major premiss of a syllogism。 On the other hand; only a judgement which is thought as the conclusion of a syllogism; and; therefore; as having an a priori foundation; can be called rational (indicium ratiocinatum)。
  SS 56。 Representation of the antinomy of taste。
  The first commonplace of taste is contained in the proposition under cover of which every one devoid of taste thinks to shelter himself from reproach: every one has his own taste。 This is only another way of saying that the determining ground of this judgement is merely subjective (gratification or pain); and that the judgement has no right to the necessary agreement of others。   Its second commonplace; to which even those resort who concede the right of the judgement of taste to pronounce with validity for every one; is: there is no disputing about taste。 This amounts to saying that; even though the determining ground of a judgement of taste be objective; it is not reducible to definite concepts; so that in respect of the judgement itself no decision can be reached by proofs; although it is quite open to us to contend upon the matter; and to contend with right。 For though contention and dispute have this point in common; that they aim at bringing judgements into accordance out of and by means of their mutual opposition; yet they differ in the latter hoping to effect this from definite concepts; as grounds of proof; and; consequently; adopting objective concepts as grounds of the judgement。 But where this is considered impracticable; dispute is regarded as alike out of the question。   Between these two commonplaces an intermediate proposition is readily seen to be missing。 It is one which has certainly not become proverbial; but yet it is at the back of every one's mind。 It is that there may be contention about taste (although not a dispute)。 This proposition; however; involves the contrary of the first one。 For in a manner in which contention is to be allowed; there must be a: hope of coming to terms。 Hence one must be able to reckon on grounds of judgement that possess more than private Validity and are thus not merely subjective。 And yet the above principle (Every one has his own taste) is directly opposed to this。   The principle of taste; therefore; exhibits the following antinomy:   1。 Thesis。 The judgement of taste is not based upon concepts; for; if it were; it would be open to dispute (decision by means of proofs)。   2。 Antithesis。 The judgement of taste is based on concepts; for otherwise; despite diversity of judgement; there could be no roo