{"product_id":"a-history-of-aesthetic-paperback-9781108040228","title":"A History of Aesthetic (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108040228","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eA History of Aesthetic\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublished in 1892 by a leading British philosopher, this book traces aesthetic theory from ancient Greece to the Victorian era.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eBernard Bosanquet (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108040228, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 8 December 2011\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e526 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 3 cm, 0.66 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAfter more than ten years teaching ancient Greek history and philosophy at University College, Oxford, the British philosopher and political theorist Bernard Bosanquet (1848–1923) resigned from his post to spend more time writing. He was particularly interested in contemporary social theory, but he was also concerned with philosophical questions about art and aesthetics. In this area, Bosanquet had been influenced by William Morris (1834–96) and John Ruskin (1819–1900), as well as the German philosopher Hegel (1770–1831), and their ideas underlie this book, published in 1892. Bosanquet considered aesthetic theory to be a branch of philosophy, and this work focuses on the evolution of theories about beauty. He begins by considering influential ancient Greek and Roman concepts before seeking out the aesthetic consciousness of the middle ages. The latter part of the book is concerned with theories from eighteenth- and nineteenth-century philosophers.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e 1. Proposed treatment, and its connection with the definition of beauty\u003cbr\u003e 2. The creation of a poetic world, and its first encounter with reflection\u003cbr\u003e 3. The fundamental outlines of Greek theory concerning the beautiful\u003cbr\u003e 4. Signs of progress in Greek theory concerning the beautiful\u003cbr\u003e 5. Alexandrian and Greco-Roman culture to the reign of Constantine the Great\u003cbr\u003e 6. Some traces of the continuity of the aesthetic consciousness throughout the middle ages\u003cbr\u003e 7. A comparison of Dante and Shakespeare in respect of some formal characteristics\u003cbr\u003e 8. The problem of modern aesthetic philosophy\u003cbr\u003e 9. The data of modern aesthetic philosophy\u003cbr\u003e 10. Kant - the problem brought to a focus\u003cbr\u003e 11. The first steps of a concrete synthesis - Schiller and Goethe\u003cbr\u003e 12. Objective idealism - Schelling and Hegel\u003cbr\u003e 13. 'Exact' aesthetic in German\u003cbr\u003e 14. The methodical completion of objective idealism\u003cbr\u003e 15. Beginnings of a theoretical reunion of content and expression\u003cbr\u003e Appendix\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History of Western philosophy [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History of Western philosophy\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20of%20Western%20philosophy%20%5BHPC%5D%22\"\u003eHPC\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46005936750872,"sku":"9781108040228","price":37.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108040228i_d75d2b47-8c51-4caf-a1d5-78d3200fa749.jpg?v=1696746437","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/a-history-of-aesthetic-paperback-9781108040228","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}