A History of Modern Aesthetics: Volume 1, the Eighteenth Century

by Paul Guyer

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A History of Modern Aesthetics narrates the history of philosophical aesthetics from the beginning of the eighteenth century through the twentieth century. Aesthetics began with Aristotle's defense of the cognitive value of tragedy in response to Plato's famous attack on the arts in The Republic, and cognitivist accounts of aesthetic experience have been central to the field ever since. But in the eighteenth century, two new ideas were introduced:...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:1108733816

ISBN13:9781108733816

Release Date:September 2018

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Length:590 Pages

Weight:1.89 lbs.

Dimensions:1.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"

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