Science and Art, the Few and the Many

In science, address the few; in literature, the many. In science, the few must dictate opinion to the many; in literature, the many, sooner or later, force their judgement on the few. But the few and the many are not necessarily the few and the many of the passing time: for discoverers in science have not un-often, in their own day, had the few against them; and writers the most permanently popular not unfrequently found, in their own day, a frigid reception from the many. By the few, I mean those who must ever remain the few, from whose dieta we, the multitude, take fame upon trust; by the many, I mean those who constitute the multitude in the long-run. We take the fame of a Harvey or a Newton upon trust, from the verdict of the few in successive generations; but the few could never persuade us to take poets and novelists on trust. We, the many, judge for ourselves of Shakespeare and Cervantes.

Notes:

Interesting way to frame a difference between the two as they relate to their audiences.

Folksonomies: communication two cultures

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Caxtoniana: a series of essays on life, literature, and manners

Books, Brochures, and Chapters>Book: Lytton , Baron Edward Bulwer Lytton (1864), Caxtoniana: a series of essays on life, literature, and manners, Retrieved on 2012-01-28

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Folksonomies: literature

Schemas

29 JAN 2013

The Two Cultures

Memes concerning science and art, how they approach reality, how they are different, and how they are similar.

Folksonomies: science art two cultures