![]() ![]() Introductory Lectures on Aesthetics Introduction A Note on the Translation and CommentaryĬhapter I: The Range of Aesthetic Defined, and Some Objections against the Philosophy of Art Refuted Many such challenging ideas are developed in this superb treatise it counts among the most stimulating works of a master thinker. While it scaled supreme heights in ancient Greece, Hegel doubted art's ability to encompass Christian belief or the reflective irony characteristic of modern societies. Art derives its value from offering a sensory vision of the God-like absolute, from its harmonious fusion of form and content, and from summing up the world-view of an age such as Homer's. Its central pillars consist of logic, philosophy of nature and philosophy of spirit. To resolve this apparent paradox, as Michael Inwood explains in his incisive Introduction, we must understand the particular place of aesthetics in Hegel's vast intellectual edifice. But although he lived in the German golden age of Goethe, Schiller and Mozart, he also believed that art was in terminal decline. Librarian note: an alternate cover for this edition can be found here.įor Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770-1831), art almost ranked with religion and philosophy in its power to reveal the fundamental nature of existence. Schools & English Language Center Discount. ![]()
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