A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of our Ideas of the Sublime and the Beautiful
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A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of our Ideas of the Sublime and the Beautiful by Edmund Burke
In his Enquiry Edmund Burke overturned the Platonic tradition in aesthetics and replaced metaphysics with psychology. His revolutions in method and sensibility influenced later philosophers and literary and artistic movements from the Gothic novel to Romanticism and beyond. This new edition guides the reader through Burke's arguments.
Burke's 'Enquiry' is essential reading on aestheticsPaul Guyer's new edition helps the reader get the most out of the text, with a clear and thought-provoking introduction and excellent notes. * Minerva, Lucia Marchini *
Paul Guyer is a Research Prize Winner of the Alexander von Humboldt foundation of the Federal Republic of Germany. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the author of nine books on Immanuel Kant. He has edited and translated four works by Kant, and his recent publication is A History of Modern Aesthetics in three volumes (CUP, 2014).
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| ISBN 13 | 9780199668717 |
| ISBN 10 | 019966871X |
| Title | A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of our Ideas of the Sublime and the Beautiful |
| Author | Edmund Burke |
| Series | Oxford World's Classics |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Year published | 2015-01-08 |
| Number of pages | 208 |
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