Perfection and Self-Development

Culture is defined as the 'study of perfection,' which is an inward, harmonious, and continuous growth of all human powers, not a static possession of outward goods or mechanical achievements.

Arnold defines perfection as an inward, harmonious expansion of all human powers, not as material acquisition or narrow moralism.

Both Hebraism and Hellenism aim at man's perfection or salvation, though they pursue it by different courses.

Arnold argues that true perfection is the full, harmonious development of all human faculties, not a single 'one thing needful.'

The chapter emphasizes cultivating delicacy of perception and harmonizing impulses under the idea of a perfected humanity.