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Kant s Critique of Judgment is one of the most important texts in the history of modern aesthetics. This GuideBook discusses the Third Critique section by section, and introduces and assesses:

• Kant's life and the background of the Critique of Judgment
• the ideas and text of the Critique of Judgment, including a critical explanation of Kant s theories of natural beauty
• the continuing relevance of Kant s work to contemporary philosophy and aesthetics.

This GuideBook is an accessible...

Kant's Critique of Judgment is one of the most important texts in the history of modern aesthetics. This GuideBook discusses the Third Critique section by section, and introduces and assesses:

• Kant's life and the background of the Critique of Judgment


• the ideas and text of the Critique of Judgment, including a critical explanation of Kant's theories of natural beauty


• the continuing relevance of Kant's work to contemporary philosophy and aesthetics.

This GuideBook is an accessible introduction to a notoriously difficult work and will...

Highlighting European ambivalence towards reason in the aftermath of the violence of the French Revolution, Wick shows how each philosopher deals with the tension between the ideals of scientific rationalism on one side and creativity and human instinct on...

• Focuses on the concept of the sublime as it clarifies Schopenhauer's aesthetic theory, moral theory and asceticism
  
• Explores the substantial relationships between Schopenhauer's philosophy and Buddhism, Hinduism, and Christianity
  
• Defends Schopenhauer's position that absolute truth can be known and described as a blindly striving, all-permeating, universal -Will-
  
• Examines the influence of Asian philosophy...

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