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Book contents
- Frontmatter
- THE PREFACE
- Contents
- INTRODUCTION. On Taste
- PART I
- PART II
- PART III
- SECT. I Of Beauty
- SECT. II Proportion not the cause of Beauty in Vegetables
- SECT. III Proportion not the cause of Beauty in Animals
- SECT. IV Proportion not the cause of Beauty in the human species
- SECT. V Proportion further considered
- SECT. VI Fitness not the cause of Beauty
- SECT. VII The real effects of Fitness
- SECT. VIII The Recapitulation
- SECT. IX Perfection not the cause of Beauty
- SECT. X How far the idea of Beauty may be applied to the qualities of the Mind
- SECT. XI How far the ideas of Beauty may be applied to Virtue
- SECT. XII The real cause of Beauty
- SECT. XIII Beautiful objects small
- SECT. XIV Smoothness
- SECT. XV Gradual Variation
- SECT. XVI Delicacy
- SECT. XVII Beauty in Colour
- SECT. XVIII Recapitulation
- SECT. XIX The Physiognomy
- SECT. XX The Eye
- SECT. XXI Ugliness
- SECT. XXII Grace
- SECT. XXIII Elegance and Speciousness
- SECT. XXIV The Beautiful in Feeling
- SECT. XXV The Beautiful in Sounds
- SECT. XXVI Taste and Smell
- SECT. XXVII The Sublime and Beautiful compared
- PART IV
- PART V
SECT. XVIII - Recapitulation
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 October 2014
- Frontmatter
- THE PREFACE
- Contents
- INTRODUCTION. On Taste
- PART I
- PART II
- PART III
- SECT. I Of Beauty
- SECT. II Proportion not the cause of Beauty in Vegetables
- SECT. III Proportion not the cause of Beauty in Animals
- SECT. IV Proportion not the cause of Beauty in the human species
- SECT. V Proportion further considered
- SECT. VI Fitness not the cause of Beauty
- SECT. VII The real effects of Fitness
- SECT. VIII The Recapitulation
- SECT. IX Perfection not the cause of Beauty
- SECT. X How far the idea of Beauty may be applied to the qualities of the Mind
- SECT. XI How far the ideas of Beauty may be applied to Virtue
- SECT. XII The real cause of Beauty
- SECT. XIII Beautiful objects small
- SECT. XIV Smoothness
- SECT. XV Gradual Variation
- SECT. XVI Delicacy
- SECT. XVII Beauty in Colour
- SECT. XVIII Recapitulation
- SECT. XIX The Physiognomy
- SECT. XX The Eye
- SECT. XXI Ugliness
- SECT. XXII Grace
- SECT. XXIII Elegance and Speciousness
- SECT. XXIV The Beautiful in Feeling
- SECT. XXV The Beautiful in Sounds
- SECT. XXVI Taste and Smell
- SECT. XXVII The Sublime and Beautiful compared
- PART IV
- PART V
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- A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of our Ideas of the Sublime and BeautifulWith an Introductory Discourse Concerning Taste; and Several Other Additions, pp. 222 - 223Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2014