A Philosophical Enquiry Into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful: With an Introductory Discourse Concerning Taste;...
- ISBN-10
- 1107360498
- ISBN-13
- 9781107360495
- Series
- A Philosophical Enquiry Into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful
- Category
- Aesthetics
- Pages
- 342
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2014
- Author
- Edmund Burke
Description
Originally published in 1757 and reissued here in the revised second edition of 1759, this influential treatise explores the psychological origins of both ideas.
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- 2015
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- 2014-01-02
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- 1998-06-04
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