Selected writings on aesthetics /
A seminal figure in the philosophy of history, culture, and language, Johann Gottfried Herder (1744-1803) also produced some of the most important and original works in the history of aesthetic theory. A student of Kant, he spent much of his life striving to reconcile the opposing poles of Enlighten...
| Main Author: | Herder, Johann Gottfried, 1744-1803. |
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English German |
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Princeton :
Princeton University Press,
℗♭2006.
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Selected writings on aesthetics. |
| Summary: |
A seminal figure in the philosophy of history, culture, and language, Johann Gottfried Herder (1744-1803) also produced some of the most important and original works in the history of aesthetic theory. A student of Kant, he spent much of his life striving to reconcile the opposing poles of Enlightenment thought represented by his early mentors. His ideas influenced Hegel, Schleiermacher, Nietzsche, Dilthey, J.S. Mill, and Goethe. This book presents most of Herder's important writings on aesthetics, including the main sections of one of his major untranslated works, Kritische Walder (Critical. |
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| Item Description: |
Translated from the German. |
| Physical Description: |
1 online resource (x, 455 pages) |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 445-447) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781400827169 1400827167 |