Assertion: negative capability | /r/DistinctFrom | preference
Facets:
value: for philosophical certainty over artistic beauty
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: Negative capability was a phrase first used by Romantic poet John Keats in 1817 to characterise the capacity of the greatest writers (particularly Shakespeare) to pursue a vision of artistic beauty even when it leads them into intellectual confusion and uncertainty, as opposed to a preference for philosophical certainty over artistic beauty.