The Pelican Society

“Their worth–the worth of concepts such as classic, Renaissance, mannerism, baroque, enlightenment, Romanticism, realism, symbolism, an so forth, most of which originally designate literary epochs or groups, but which are also applicable far beyond those–accordingly, their worth consists in that they elicit in readers or hearers a series of ideas that facilitate for them an understanding of what is meant in the particular context...One must beware, it seems to me, of regarding the exact sciences as our model; our precision relates to the particular.”