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The possibility of culture : pleasure and moral development in Kant's aesthetics /

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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Murray, Bradley, 1980-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chichester, West Sussex, UK ; Malden, MA : Wiley, [2015]
Colección:New directions in aesthetics.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.
  • 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.