The Beautiful and the Sublime: An Analysis of These Emotions and a Determination of the Objectivity of Beauty (Classic Reprint) - Tapa blanda

Excerpt from The Beautiful and the Sublime: An Analysis of These Emotions and a Determination of the Objectivity of Beauty

I have endeavored to stray no farther than was needful for my immediate purpose into the domain of Physical Science, Metaphysics, or The ology, and have avoided, as far as possible, using their technical terms.

As for the Psychology and Ethic implied in this treatise, I have to say that they are the result of my own thinking. I have received suggestions, of course, but what I have said I have verified in my own thought, or am prepared to justify; and I am under no particular obligations which are not herein expressed.

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Excerpt from The Beautiful and the Sublime: An Analysis of These Emotions and a Determination of the Objectivity of Beauty

The object of the author of the following treatise has not been to furnish a new manual of the science of Æsthetics, but to re-discuss the fundamental questions which underlie it; to reach those postulates of the science which must have their justification in a Constructive Philosophy.

I have endeavored to stray no farther than was needful for my immediate purpose into the domain of Physical Science, Metaphysics, or Theology, and have avoided, as far as possible, using their technical terms.

As for the Psychology and Ethic implied in this treatise, I have to say that they are the result of my own thinking. I have received suggestions, of course, but what I have said I have verified in my own thought, or am prepared to justify; and I am under no particular obligations which are not herein expressed.

In keeping strictly within these limits, it has been impossible not to make assumptions. All sciences are in their roots interlaced, and no philosophy can justify itself which is not exhaustive.

About the Publisher

Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.