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A philosophical enquiry into the origin of our ideas of the sublime and beautiful

by Edmund Burke

1793 342 pages eng

The "Philosophical Enquiry" is a study of the relationship between strong feelings and forms of art, that considers the inspired persuasiveness of certain kinds of writing alongside experience of the natural landscape, and is gradually being recognized as an important work of aesthetic theory. This …

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