On the first cause
65:13
Book Subtitle: Seneca's timeless letters of advice and wisdom.
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13.
Do you maintain that form is a cause?
This is only what the artist stamps upon his work; it is part of a cause, but not the cause.
Neither is the pattern a cause, but an indispensable tool of the cause.
His pattern is as indispensable to the artist as the chisel or the file; without these, art can make no progress.
But for all that, these things are neither parts of the art, nor causes of it.
Book: Moral Letters Vol I
Subtitle: Seneca's timeless letters of advice and wisdom.
Author: Seneca
Chapter: On the first cause
Location: Chapter 65, Section 13
Content:
13.
Do you maintain that form is a cause?
This is only what the artist stamps upon his work; it is part of a cause, but not the cause.
Neither is the pattern a cause, but an indispensable tool of the cause.
His pattern is as indispensable to the artist as the chisel or the file; without these, art can make no progress.
But for all that, these things are neither parts of the art, nor causes of it.