Excerpt from Introduction to the Philosophy of Art Baumgarten's philosophy of art is based upon the recognition of obscure ideas. These obscure ideas, which precede clear ideas, do not belong to the sphere of logic, and require an entirely different treatment. While clear ideas are truths known, obscure ideas are truths only felt. The apprehension of clear ideas culminates in the true, While the true that discloses itself to us through our obscure ideas is the beautiful. This fundamental conception called the beautiful ...
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Excerpt from Introduction to the Philosophy of Art Baumgarten's philosophy of art is based upon the recognition of obscure ideas. These obscure ideas, which precede clear ideas, do not belong to the sphere of logic, and require an entirely different treatment. While clear ideas are truths known, obscure ideas are truths only felt. The apprehension of clear ideas culminates in the true, While the true that discloses itself to us through our obscure ideas is the beautiful. This fundamental conception called the beautiful Opened a new region for reflective speculation; and furthermore gave it philosophical import, which hitherto it had lacked. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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