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This eloquent 1757 treatise examines how interactions with the physical world affect formulation of ideals related to beauty and art. Tremendously influential on the development of aesthetic theory, this formative dissertation was among the first explorations of the concept of the sublime and remains a thought-provoking study for modern readers.
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A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful
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A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful (And Other Pre-Revolutionary Writings) (Penguin Classics Series) (Paperback)
A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful (And Other Pre-Revolutionary Writings) (Penguin Classics Series) (Paperback) Products and Promotions
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Edited with an introduction and notes by James T. Boulton. 'One of the greatest essays ever written on art.'– The Guardian Edmund Burke’s A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful is one of the most important works of aesthetics ever published. Whilst many writers have taken up their pen to write of the beautiful, Burke’s subject here was the quality he uniquely distinguished as the sublime—an all-consuming force beyond beauty that compelled terror as much as...
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October 10, 2009: If you've ever wondered why people like horror movies, read this book. If you've ever pondered the nature of beauty and asked if it was more of an intrinsic characteristic (outside ourselves) or a subjective experience, read this book. Burke offers a firm footing for anyone interested in exploring the idea of beauty or our penchant for the horrific.
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An eloquent and sometimes even erotic book, the Philosophical Enquiry was long dismissed as a piece of mere juvenilia. However, Burke's analysis of the relationship between emotion, beauty, and art form is now recognized as not only an important and influential work of aesthetic theory, but also one of the first major works in European literature on the Sublime, a subject that has fascinated thinkers from Kant and Coleridge to the philosophers and critics of today.
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A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful: And Other Pre-Revolutionary Writings
From the awesome thrill of the sublime to the delightful perfection of the beautiful, Edmund Burke gives an involving account of our sensory, imaginative, and judgmental process and its relation to artistic pleasure -- it is a text that influenced the writers of the Romantic period. This edition also features several of Burke's early political works, which illustrate that, despite his later opposition to the Revolution in France, he took a liberal and humane view of society and government. A Philosophical...
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October 10, 2009: If you've ever wondered why people like horror movies, read this book. If you've ever pondered the nature of beauty and asked if it was more of an intrinsic characteristic (outside ourselves) or a subjective experience, read this book. Burke offers a firm footing for anyone interested in exploring the idea of beauty or our penchant for the horrific.
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A Philosophical Enquiry into Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful and Other Pre-Revolutionary Writings
A classic of modern aesthetics, the Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of our Ideas of the Sublime and the Beautiful remains both influential and engaging. From the awesome thrill of the sublime to the delightful perfection of the beautiful, Edmund Burke (1729–97) gives an involving account of our sensory, imaginative and judgemental process and its relation to artistic pleasure. This edition also includes several of Burke’s early political works which illustrate that, despite his later opposition...
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First written in 1757, this treatise on aesthetics provides a distinct transition from Neoclassicism to Romanticism. This is apparent in Burke's ultimate preference for the Sublime over the Beautiful, for he defined the latter as that which is well-formed and aesthetically pleasing and the former as that which has the power to compel or destroy mankind. Within this text, Burke also posits that the origin of these ideas comes by way of their causal structures, utilizing Aristotelian concepts to fully explore...
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A classic of modern aesthetics, A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful remains both influential and engaging. From the awesome thrill of the sublime to the delightful perfection of the beautiful, Edmund Burke (1729-97) gives an involving account of our sensory, imaginative and judgemental process and its relation to artistic pleasure. This edition also includes several of Burke's early political works which illustrate that, despite his later opposition to...
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