| Description |
276 pages ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Philosophy : the classic readings |
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Philosophy, the classic readings.
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| Contents |
1. Plato, The Republic, Book 10 -- 2. Aristotle, Poetics, Chs 1-15 -- 3. Mo Tzu, 'Against music'. Hsun Tzu, 'A discussion of music' -- 4. Plotinus, Enneads, 1.6 -- 5. Shih-t'ao, Quotes on Painting -- 6. David Hume, 'Of the standard of taste' -- 7. Immanuel Kant, 'Critique of aesthetic judgement', Sections 1-14, 16, 23-4, 28 -- 8. Friedrich Schiller, On the Aesthetic Education of Man, Letters 26-7 -- 9. G. W. F. Hegel, Introduction to Aesthetics, Chs 1-3 -- 10. Arthur Schopenhauer, The World as Will and Representation, Vol. I, Section 52 -- 11. Leo Tolstoy, 'On art' -- 12. Clive Bell, 'The aesthetic hypothesis' -- 13. A. K. Coomaraswamy, The Dance of Siva, Essays 3-4 -- 14. John Dewey, Art as Experience, Chs 1-2 -- 15. Martin Heidegger, 'The origin of the work of art' -- 16. R. G. Collingwood, The Principles of Art, Ch. 7 |
| Summary |
Ranging from Plato to Collingwood, this anthology includes such classics as Hume's essay on taste and Schopenhauer's discussion of music as well as notable writings by Chinese and Indian thinkers such as Mo Tzu and Commaraswamy |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Aesthetics.
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| Author |
Cooper, David E. (David Edward), 1942-
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Lamarque, Peter.
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Sartwell, Crispin, 1958-
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| LC no. |
96040885 |
| ISBN |
0631195688 (hbd : alk. paper) |
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0631195696 (paperback: alk. paper) |
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