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Diotima's Children: German Aesthetic Rationalism from Leibniz to Lessing

by Frederick C. Beiser

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Diotima''s Children is a re-examination of the rationalist tradition of aesthetics which prevailed in Germany in the late seventeenth and eighteenth century. It is partly an historical survey of the central figures and themes of this tradition. But... Read more
Diotima''s Children is a re-examination of the rationalist tradition of aesthetics which prevailed in Germany in the late seventeenth and eighteenth century. It is partly an historical survey of the central figures and themes of this tradition. But it is also a philosophical defense of someof its leading ideas, viz., that beauty plays an integral role in life, that aesthetic pleasure is the perception of perfection, that aesthetic rules are inevitable and valuable. It shows that the criticisms of Kant and Nietzsche of this tradition are largely unfounded. The rationalist traditiondeserves re-examination because it is of great historical significance, marking the beginning of modern aesthetics, art criticism, and art history. Less

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File size9.21 X 6.14 X 0.1 in
Print pages288
PublisherOxford University Press
Publication date December 5, 2009
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9780199573011
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Frederick C. Beiser
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Frederick C. Beiser was born and raised in the US, and studied in the UK at Oriel and Wolfson Colleges, Oxford. He also studied in Germany and lived in Berlin for many years, receiving stipends from t...

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