A Philosophical Inquiry Into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautifu: Edmund Burke (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781537381657)

A Philosophical Inquiry into the Origin of our Ideas of The Sublime and Beautiful - with an introductory discourse concerning Taste, and several other additions - Edmund Burke. A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful is a 1757 treatise on aesthetics written by Edmund Burke. It was the first complete philosophical exposition for separating the beautiful and the sublime into their own respective rational categories. It attracted the attention of prominent thinkers such as Denis Diderot and Immanuel Kant. In short, the Beautiful, according to Burke, is what is well-formed and aesthetically pleasing, whereas the Sublime is what has the power to compel and destroy us. The preference for the Sublime over the Beautiful was to mark the transition from the Neoclassical to the Romantic era. Edmund Burke, 12 January 1729

Author: Edmund Burke
ISBN-10: 1537381652
ISBN-13: 9781537381657
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 08/30/2016
Pages: 84
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.48lbs
Size: 11.02h x 8.50w x 0.17d