Outline of Critical Theory - Essence of Critical Theory

Famous quotes containing the words essence of, essence, critical and/or theory:

“Belonging to oneself—the whole essence of life lies in that.”
—Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev (1818–1883)

“Most thoughtful Americans of today seem to have forgotten how strongly their own and immediate predecessors, Emerson, Hawthorne and Whitman, were still preoccupied with the essence behind things.”
—Johan Huizinga (1872–1945)

“The critical spirit never knows when to stop meddling.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)

“There is in him, hidden deep-down, a great instinctive artist, and hence the makings of an aristocrat. In his muddled way, held back by the manacles of his race and time, and his steps made uncertain by a guiding theory which too often eludes his own comprehension, he yet manages to produce works of unquestionable beauty and authority, and to interpret life in a manner that is poignant and illuminating.”
—H.L. (Henry Lewis)