| Description |
1 online resource |
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New directions in aesthetics |
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New directions in aesthetics.
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| Contents |
Cover; Table of Contents; Title page; Acknowledgements; Note on Citations; Introduction; 1 Aesthetics and Culture in Context; A Pettiness of Soul; The Disposition to Choose Nothing But Good Ends; 2 Beauty and Love; A Need of Being Grateful; Uniting Gratitude with Love of Man; Subordinating One's Own Particular Inclination; 3 Beauty and Disinterestedness; Regardless of Whether the Object Exists or Not; Knowing What Sort of a Thing the Object is Intended to Be; The Mere Representation of the Object; Sustine et Abstine; 4 Art, Genius, and Abstraction |
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A Beautiful Soul -- to Which No Connoisseur or Art Collector Can Lay ClaimA Contingency of Form; Through Which Nature Gives the Rule to Art; 5 Sublimity and Esteem; Not to Disavow the Moral Self-Esteem of Such a Being; A Might of the Mind; By a Certain Subreption; 6 Choosing Culture Over Happiness; The Ultimate End of Nature; The Liberation of the Will; By the Constitution of Our Understanding; 7 Conclusion; Bibliography; Index; End User License Agreement |
| Summary |
The Possibility of Culture: Pleasure and Moral Development in Kant's Aesthetics presents an in-depth exploration and deconstruction of Kant's depiction of the ways in which aesthetic pursuits can promote personal moral development. Presents an in-depth exploration of the connection between Kant's aesthetics and his views on moral development Reveals the links between Kant's aesthetics and his anthropology and moral psychology Explores Kant's notion of genius and his views on the connections between the social aspects of taste and moral development Addresses aspects of Kant's ethical theor |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher |
| Subject |
Kant, Immanuel, 1724-1804.
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| SUBJECT |
Kant, Immanuel, 1724-1804 fast |
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Aesthetics.
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Ethics.
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Ethics
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ethics (philosophy)
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PHILOSOPHY -- History & Surveys -- Modern.
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Aesthetics
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Ethics
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2015010165 |
| ISBN |
9781118950678 |
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1118950674 |
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9781118950661 |
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1118950666 |
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9781118950685 |
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1118950682 |
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1118950658 |
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9781118950654 |
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