
Philosophical Enquiry into the Sublime and Beautiful
About this book
In his Enquiry Edmund Burke overturned the Platonic tradition in aesthetics and replaced metaphysics with psychology. His revolutions in method and sensibility influenced later philosophers and literary and artistic movements from the Gothic novel to Romanticism and beyond. This new edition guides the reader through Burke's arguments.
Subjects
Aesthetics, early works to 1800Early works to 1800Aesthetics