ing ▁a ▁major ▁analysis ▁of ▁the ▁work ▁of ▁Eric ▁Gill . ▁It ▁was ▁repub lished ▁by ▁Rout ledge ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 2 . ▁ ▁In ▁his ▁philosoph ical ▁out look , ▁Read ▁was ▁close ▁to ▁the ▁European ▁ideal ist ▁trad itions ▁represented ▁by ▁Friedrich ▁Sch elling , ▁Johann ▁Gott lie b ▁F ichte , ▁and ▁Samuel ▁Taylor ▁Col er idge , ▁bel ieving ▁that ▁reality ▁as ▁it ▁is ▁experienced ▁by ▁the ▁human ▁mind ▁was ▁as ▁much ▁a ▁product ▁of ▁the ▁human ▁mind ▁as ▁any ▁external ▁or ▁objective ▁actual ity . ▁In ▁other ▁words , ▁the ▁mind ▁is ▁not ▁a ▁camera ▁recording ▁the ▁reality ▁it ▁perce ives ▁through ▁the ▁eyes ; ▁it ▁is ▁also ▁a ▁project or ▁throwing ▁out ▁its ▁own ▁reality . ▁This ▁meant ▁that ▁art ▁was ▁not , ▁as ▁many ▁Marx ists ▁believed , ▁simply ▁a ▁product ▁of ▁a ▁b our ge ois ▁society , ▁but ▁a ▁psych ological ▁process ▁that ▁had ▁evol ved ▁simultaneously ▁to ▁the ▁evolution ▁of ▁conscious ness . ▁Art ▁was , ▁therefore , ▁a ▁bi ological ▁phenomen on , ▁a ▁view ▁that ▁frequently ▁p itted ▁Read ▁against ▁Marx ist ▁critics ▁such ▁as ▁Anthony ▁Bl unt ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 3 0 s . ▁Read , ▁in ▁this ▁respect , ▁was ▁influenced ▁by ▁develop ments ▁in ▁German ▁art ▁psych ology . ▁His ▁Ide al ist ▁background ▁also ▁led ▁Read ▁towards ▁an ▁interest ▁in ▁ps y cho analysis . ▁Read ▁became ▁a ▁pione er ▁in ▁the ▁English - spe aking ▁world ▁in ▁the ▁use ▁of ▁ps y