A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful
A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful is a 1757 treatise (2nd edition 1759) on aesthetics written by Edmund Burke. It was the first complete philosophical exposition for separating the beautiful and the sublime into their own respective rational categories. It attracted the attention of prominent thinkers such as Denis Diderot and Immanuel Kant.
A philosophical enquiry into the origin of our ideas of the sublime and beautiful. | |
| Author | Edmund Burke |
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| Original title | A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful |
| Country | Great Britain |
Publication date | 1757, 2nd edition 1759 |
| Text | On the Sublime and Beautiful at Wikisource |
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