Arguing that a genuine aesthetic experience is a perceptual state of consciousness, free of thought, author Ha Poong Kim characterizes the nature of an aesthetic experience as subjectless, objectless, timeless, revelatory, and joyous. These seven essays, divided into three parts, begin by exploring the nature of aesthetic experience and attempt to illuminate the experience of the beautiful by discussing Plato s famous allegory of the charioteer in Phaedrus and an episode in Proust s "In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower." They then take a critical look at Kant s treatment of the judgment of...
Arguing that a genuine aesthetic experience is a perceptual state of consciousness, free of thought, author Ha Poong Kim characterizes the nature of a...
The Shi Jing is the oldest anthology of Chinese songs. It contains 305 songs of ancient China, composed in the 12th to 7th century BCE. The collection is divided into four parts. The present work is a translation of its first part, namely Guo Feng, which translates as "songs of states" within the Zhou kingdom (1122-255 BCE). The Guo Feng songs were mostly sung by the common people of the kingdom. In this respect, they are unlike the songs in the other three parts, which are generally dynastic songs of the Zhou court. The songs included in this translation predate Confucius, many by several...
The Shi Jing is the oldest anthology of Chinese songs. It contains 305 songs of ancient China, composed in the 12th to 7th century BCE. The collection...
