First published in 2002. This is Volume I out of three on a series on Aesthetics. First published in 1892, this volume contributes to the history of modern philosophy. Aesthetic theory is a branch of philosophy which exists for the sake of knowledge and not as a guide to practice. The present work is, therefore, primarily addressed to those who may find a philosophical interest in understanding the place and value of beauty in the system of human life, as conceived by leading thinkers in different periods of the world's history.
Preface, Chapter I Proposed Treatment and its Connection with the Definition of Beauty Chapter II The Creation of a Poetic World and its First Encounter with Reflection Chapter III The Fundamental Outlines of Greek Theory Concerning the Beautiful Chapter IV Signs of Progress in Greek Theory Concerning the Beautiful Chapter V Alexandrian and Greco-Roman Culture to the Reigh of Constantine the Great Chapter VI Some Traces of the Continuity of the Aesthetic Consciousness throughout the Middle Ages Chapter VII A Comparison of Dante and Shakespeare in Respect of some Formal Characteristics Chapter VIII The Problem of Modern Aesthetic Philosophy Chapter IX The Data of Modern Aesthetic Philosophy Chapter X Kanet- The Problem brought to a Focus Chapter XI The First Steps of a Concrete Synthesis- Schiller and Goethe Chapter XII Objective Idealism-Schelling and Hegel Chapter XIII 'Exact' Aesthetic in Germany Chapter XIV The Methodological Completion of Objective Idealism Chapter XV Beginning so a Theoretical Reunion of Content and Expression
Biography
Bernard Bosanquet, Former Fellow of University of Oxford.
