
This essay is concerned with the aesthetic theories of Kant, Hegel and Schopenhauer, but approximately half the book is devoted to Kant. The author has long felt that Kant’s Critique of Judgement and Tolstoy’s What is Art? Are the most vital works in modern aesthetic. The significance of Kant’s treatise lies in the fact that it contains a precise formulation of the metaphysical and dialectical problems involved in the analysis of art, beauty, and the aesthetic experience…
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