| [§ 1.] | General meaning of the term. | [29] |
| [§ 2.] | ideas are to be comprehended under it. | [29] |
| [§ 3.] | The exceeding nobility of these ideas. | [30] |
| [§ 4.] | Why no subdivision of so extensive a class is necessary. | [31] |
SECTION II.
OF POWER.
Chapter I.—General Principles respecting Ideas of Power.
| [§ 1.] | No necessity for detailed study of ideas of imitation. | [32] |
| [§ 2.] | Nor for separate study of ideas of power. | [32] |
| [§ 3.] | Except under one particular form. | [33] |
| [§ 4.] | There are two modes of receiving ideas of power, commonly inconsistent. | [33] |
| [§ 5.] | First reason of the inconsistency. | [33] |
| [§ 6.] | Second reason for the inconsistency. | [34] |
| [§ 7.] | The sensation of power ought not to be sought in imperfect art. | [34] |
| [§ 8.] | Instances in pictures of modern artists. | [35] |
| [§ 9.] | Connection between ideas of power and modes of execution. | [35] |
Chapter II.—Of Ideas of Power, as they are dependent upon Execution.
| [§ 1.] | Meaning of the term "execution." | [36] |
| [§ 2.] | The first quality of execution is truth. | [36] |
| [§ 3.] | The second, simplicity. | [36] |
| [§ 4.] | The third, mystery. | [37] |
| [§ 5.] | The fourth, inadequacy; and the fifth, decision. | [37] |
| [§ 6.] | The sixth, velocity. | [37] |
| [§ 7.] | Strangeness an illegitimate source of pleasure in execution. | [37] |
| [§ 8.] | Yet even the legitimate sources of pleasure in execution are inconsistent with each other. | [38] |
| [§ 9.] | And fondness for ideas of power leads to the adoption of the lowest. | [39] |
| [§ 10.] | Therefore perilous. | [40] |
| [§ 11.] | Recapitulation. | [40] |