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Main Author: Herder, Johann Gottfried von 1744-1803 (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton Princeton University Press © 2006
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Online Access:DE-1046
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Item Description:Translated from the German
Includes bibliographical references (pages 445-447) and index
Is the beauty of the body a herald of the beauty of the soul? -- A monument to Baumgarten -- Critical forest, or reflections on the art and science of the beautiful: first grove, dedicated to Mr. Lessing's Laocoön -- Critical forests: fourth grove, on Riedel's Theory of the beaux arts -- Shakespeare -- The causes of sunken taste among the different peoples in whom it once blossomed -- On the influence of the belles lettres on the higher sciences -- Does painting or music have a greater effect?: a divine colloquy -- On image, poetry, and fable
A seminal figure in the philosophy of history, culture, and language, Johann Gottfried Herder (1744-1803) also produced some of the most important and original works in the history of aesthetic theory. A student of Kant, he spent much of his life striving to reconcile the opposing poles of Enlightenment thought represented by his early mentors. His ideas influenced Hegel, Schleiermacher, Nietzsche, Dilthey, J.S. Mill, and Goethe. This book presents most of Herder's important writings on aesthetics, including the main sections of one of his major untranslated works, Kritische Walder (Critical
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (x, 455 pages)
ISBN:0691115958
1400827167
9780691115955
9781400827169

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