Ever since the eighteenth century, when Kant opened the floodgates
of subjectivism in aesthetics, common men and philosophers alike
have despaired of finding a basis for judgments about beauty. This
book provides a comprehensive theory that encompasses beauty in art
and nature, as well as intellectual, utilitarian, and moral beauty.
The author argues that the beauty of objects can be reduced to the
beauty of properties of those objects, which in turn can be
understood in terms of "properties of qualitative degree." The
theory, developed first with respect to color, is then extended to
include all sensory and non-sensory qualities. The author shows how
the theory explicates and resolves disagreements about what is
beautiful and discusses its relevance to the traditional notions of
harmony and sublimity. His is an objectivist theory of beauty, and
it enables him, in conclusion, to demonstrate why we enjoy
perceiving beauty. Originally published in 1975. The Princeton
Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again
make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished
backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the
original texts of these important books while presenting them in
durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton
Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly
heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton
University Press since its founding in 1905.
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