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The aesthetic as the science of expression and of the linguistic in general
Lynn Margulis and Dorion Sagan; forward by Ernst Mayr
Publisher: Cambridge ; Cambridge University Press, 1992.
ISBN: 0465043917   DDC: 111.85   LCC: B3614  

Notes:

Translation of pt. 1 of: Estetica come scienza dell'espressione e
linguistica generale.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Intuition and expression -- Intuition and art -- Art and philosophy
-- Historicism and intellectualism in the aesthetic -- Critique of
analogous errors in history and logic -- Theoretical activity and
practical activity -- The analogy between the theoretical and the
practical -- The exclusion of other forms of the spirit -- That
expression cannot be divided into modes or levels. The critique of
rhetoric -- Aesthetic feelings and the distinction between the
beautiful and the ugly -- Critique of aesthetic hedonism -- The
aesthetic of "that which attracts liking" and the pseudo-aesthetic
concepts -- Physical beauty and the nature of art -- Errors arising
from the confusion between the physical and the aesthetic -- The
activity of externalisation. The technique and the theory of the arts
-- Taste and the reproduction of art -- The history of art and
literature -- Conclusion. Identity of linguistics and the aesthetic.

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Dewey Class: 111.85 -- Ontology
LCC Number: B3614

Book Details:

Language: eng
Physical Description: xxxiv, 172 p. ; 24 cm.

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