[72] Such, according to Binet and Passy, seem to be the cases of the Goncourts, Pailleron, etc. See "Psychologie des auteurs dramatiques," in L'année psychologique, I, 96.
[73] Compare the striking instance of this moment as given by Froebel, in his Autobiography, in connection with his idea of the Kindergarten. (Tr.)
[74] Quoted by Arréat, Mémoire et Imagination, p. 118. (Paris, F. Alcan.)
[75] Paulhan ("De l'invention," Rev. Philos., December, 1898, pp. 590 ff.) distinguishes three kinds of development in invention: (1) Spontaneous or reasoned—the directing idea persists to the end; (2) transformation, which comprises several contradictory evolutions succeeding and replacing one another in consequence of impressions and feelings; (3) deviation, which is a composite of the two preceding forms.
[76] Cf. the well-known doctrine of Empedocles. (Tr.)
[77] P. Souriau, Théorie de l'invention, pp. 6-7.