Philosophy: aesthetics Books

First published in 1953. This title provides an exposition and discussion on Hippolyte Taine (1828-1893), the leader of the Naturalist movement in French criticism. The book examines his theories and some of his practice, as a critic of literature and...

First published in 1933. The purpose of this work was to bridge a gap in English philosophical literature by completing the elaborate history of Bosanquet and to stimulate and enrich the whole study of aesthetics by means of his personal destructive and...

"O realismu umleckém" (On Artistic Realism) delves into the aesthetic and philosophical underpinnings of realism in art. Written in Czech, this work explores the core tenets of realism, examining its relationship to beauty, truth, and the human...

A collection of the philosopher Stanley Cavell's most important writings on cinema.Stanley Cavell was the first philosopher in the Anglo-American tradition to make film a central concern of his work, and this volume offer a substantially complete...

Ted Chiang is one of the most insightful science fiction writers of our time. His writing has garnered high praise, including four Nebula awards, four Hugo awards and the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer. His short story, "Story of Your Life,"...

The concept of the imaginary is pervasive within contemporary thought, yet can be a baffling and often controversial term. In Imagination and the Imaginary, Kathleen Lennon explores the links between imagination - regarded as the faculty of creating...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

Musically Sublime rewrites musically the history and philosophy of the sublime. Music enables us to reconsider the traditional course of sublime feeling on a track from pain to pleasure. Resisting the notion that there is a single format for sublime...

Jorge Luis Borges is acknowledged as one of the great Spanish writers of the twentieth century. On the broader literary scene, he is recognized as a modern master. His fascination with philosophy - especially metaphysics - sets him apart from his...

This volume is an introduction to those works of György Lukács that have established him as a classic authority in literary criticism: his pre-Marxist The History of the Evolution of Modern Drama (1911), still not available in English, which Eva Corredor...

This book provides an original treatment of the concept of good and beauty in ancient Egypt. It seeks to examine the dimensions of nefer, the term used to describe the good and the beautiful, within the context of ordinary life. Because the book is...

Marcel Proust's In Search of Lost Time has long fascinated philosophers for its complex accounts of time, personal identity and narrative, amongst many other themes. Proust as Philosopher: The Art of Metaphor is the first book to try and connect Proust's...

Do aesthetic appeals to senses and emotions in political debate necessarily marginalise political reason and reduce citizens to consumers - thus dangerously undermining democracy? Or is sensuous-emotional engagement, on the contrary, a basic fact of the...

The spiritual crisis of the twenty-first century is overload boredom. There is more information, content, and stimulation than ever before, and none of it is waiting passively to be consumed. The demands exceed our capacities.The Spiritual Significance...

""A Historical Dissertation Concerning The Antiquity Of The English Constitution"" is a book written by Gilbert Stuart in 1770. The book provides an in-depth exploration of the origins and development of the English Constitution, tracing its history from...

""An Epitome And Analysis Of Savigny�������s Treatise On Obligations In Roman Law"" is a book written by Archibald Brown in 1872. The book provides a concise summary and analysis of Friedrich Carl von Savigny's treatise on obligations in Roman law. The...

Das Buch ""Homer und sein Zeitalter: Eine Untersuchung �����ber die Zeit und das Vaterland Homer's"" wurde 1877 von William Ewart Gladstone ver������ffentlicht. Es ist eine umfassende Untersuchung �����ber das Leben und Werk des antiken griechischen...

Epistola critica de oratione prima in Catilinam frustra a Cicerone abiudicata est opus auctore Epkema, Petro, anno MDCCCLVII editum. In hoc libro, auctor de oratione Ciceronis in Catilinam prima disserit, quae a Cicerone ipso abiudicata est. Epkema...

""Einleitung in die �����sthetik"" ist ein Buch von Theodor Seemann aus dem Jahr 1869, das eine Einf�����hrung in die �����sthetik, die Wissenschaft der Sch������nheit und des Geschmacks, bietet. Das Buch behandelt die verschiedenen Aspekte der...

Le livre de M. Cousin, intitul����� ""Du Vrai, du Beau et du Bien"", publi����� en 1854, est un ouvrage majeur de la philosophie fran�����aise. L'auteur, Jean Wallon, y propose une analyse approfondie des concepts de v�����rit�����, de beaut����� et de...

""Die Hypothek des Eigent�����mers: Nach den Grunds�����tzen des heutigen r������mischen Rechts"" ist ein Buch von Hugo Kuhlmann, das im Jahr 1881 ver������ffentlicht wurde. Das Werk besch�����ftigt sich mit dem Thema der Hypothek, welche eine...

Die Griechische Beredsamkeit In Dem Zeitraum Von Alexander Bis Auf Augustus: Ein Literarhistorischer Versuch (1865) ist ein Buch von Friedrich Blass. Es ist ein literarhistorischer Versuch, der die griechische Beredsamkeit im Zeitraum von Alexander dem...

Die Entstehung Des Menschengeschlechts (1842) ist ein Buch von George Friedrich M�����ller, das sich mit der Entstehung des Menschengeschlechts befasst. M�����ller untersucht die biblischen und wissenschaftlichen Theorien �����ber die...

Das Buch ""Die Entstehungsweise der homerischen Gedichte"" wurde 1869 von Henning Frederik F. Nutzhorn ver������ffentlicht. In diesem Werk untersucht Nutzhorn die Entstehung der homerischen Epen ""Ilias"" und ""Odyssee"". Er analysiert die Sprache, den...

""Die Entdeckungen des Thukydides �����ber die �����lteste Geschichte Griechenlands"" ist ein Buch von Gustav Glogau, das im Jahr 1876 ver������ffentlicht wurde. Das Werk besch�����ftigt sich mit den Entdeckungen des antiken griechischen Historikers...

De Libelli Peri Hypsous Auctore: Dissertatio Inauguralis (1888) est opus litterarium auctore Coblentz, B. scriptum. In hoc libro, auctor dissertationem inauguralem praebet de opusculo Graeco, quod inscribitur ""Peri Hypsous"", quod est de sublimitate...

Commentationis Criticae De Anthologia Graeca, Part 1 (1852) est opus Alphonsum Hecker, philologum Germanicum, scriptum. In hoc libro, auctor disputationem criticam de Anthologia Graeca, quae est collectio carminum Graecorum antiquorum, instituit. Pars...

Charon Sive Contemplantes est liber scriptus a Samosatensi, Lvciani, anno MDCCCXI. In hoc libro, auctor describit viam ad inferos, quam Charon, navita Stygis, ducit animas mortuorum. Narratio continet varias fabulas, quae ostendunt hominum vitam et...

Caii Crispi Sallustii Opera: Novissime Recognita (1807) est liber qui continet opera Gaii Sallustii Crispi, historici Romani, qui vixit in saeculo primo a.C.n. In hoc libro continentur opera eius, quae sunt historicae et rhetoricae, inter quas sunt...

Das Buch ""Beitr�����ge zur Kritik und Erkl�����rung des Cornelius Tacitus, Buch 1-4 (1865)"" von Johann M�����ller ist eine kritische Untersuchung und Erkl�����rung der Werke des r������mischen Historikers Tacitus. Das Buch umfasst die ersten vier...

The Fifth Book of Thucydides is a historical text written by the ancient Greek historian Thucydides. This book, which was first published in 1891, is a continuation of Thucydides' account of the Peloponnesian War between Athens and Sparta, one of the...

Systema Jurisprudentiae Criminalis est liber auctore Banniza, Johann Peter, editus anno MDCCLXIII. In hoc libro, auctor tractat de iurisprudentia criminali et legibus quae in rebus criminalibus observandae sunt. Libellus constat ex quinque partibus,...

Ce livre, intitul����� ""M�����langes Politiques et Philosophiques Extraits des M�����moires et de la Correspondance de Thomas Jefferson V2 (1833)"" est une collection d'�����crits s�����lectionn�����s de Thomas Jefferson, l'un des P�����res fondateurs...

Das Buch ""Die Philosophie Arthur Schopenhauers"" von Raphael von Koeber aus dem Jahr 1888 bietet eine umfassende Einf�����hrung in das Denken des deutschen Philosophen Arthur Schopenhauer. Koeber beschreibt Schopenhauers Philosophie als eine Synthese...

Essai Sur La Vie Et Le Regne De Septime Severe (1880) est un livre �����crit par Adolphe De Ceuleneer. Ce livre est une �����tude approfondie de la vie et du r�����gne de l'empereur romain Septime S�����v�����re. L'auteur explore les diff�����rentes...

Storia dello Stato e del Diritto Romano ����� un libro del 1858 scritto da Georgio Cristiano Burchardi. Questo libro ����� una storia completa dello Stato e del Diritto Romano, che copre un periodo di oltre mille anni, dall'inizio della Repubblica Romana...

This book provides original descriptive accounts of two schools of thought in the philosophy of beauty: the 20th-century "Anti-Aesethetic" movement and the 21st-century "Beauty Revival" movement. It also includes a positive defence of beauty as a lived...

This volume explores the roles and uses of abstraction in scientific and artistic practice. The essays draw on the shared premise that abstraction is a rich and generative process, not reducible to the mere omission of details in a representation.

This book is a collection of insightful writings on aesthetics and Chinese and Western art by ZONG Baihua, one of the most esteemed scholars of aesthetics in China.

This book is a defence of perspectivism in the age of post-truth. At the crossroads of science, art and philosophy, it unearths a tradition that we must rediscover: the point of view is not only what divides, it is also what is shared.