This is one of the most important works of aesthetics ever written. Whilst many writers have taken up their pen to write of 'the beautiful', Burke's subject here was that quality he uniquely distinguished as 'the sublime' - an all-consuming force beyond beauty that compelled terror as much as rapture in all who beheld it. The Routledge Classics edition presents the authoritative text of the first critical edition of Burke's essay ever published, including a substantial critical and historical commentary.
This is one of the most important works of aesthetics ever written. Whilst many writers have taken up their pen to write of 'the beautiful', Burke's subject here was that quality he uniquely distinguished as 'the sublime' - an all-consuming force beyond beauty that compelled terror as much as rapture in all who beheld it. The Routledge Classics edition presents the authoritative text of the first critical edition of Burke's essay ever published, including a substantial critical and historical commentary.
Edmund Burke (1729 - 9 July 1797) was an Irish-British statesman, economist, and philosopher. Born in Dublin, Burke served as a member of Parliament (MP) between 1766 and 1794 in the House of Commons of Great Britain with the Whig Party. Burke was a proponent of underpinning virtues with manners in society and of the importance of religious institutions for the moral stability and good of the state. These views were expressed in his A Vindication of Natural Society. He criticised the actions of the British government towards the American colonies, including its taxation policies. In the 19th century, Burke was praised by both conservatives and liberals. Subsequently, in the 20th century, he became widely regarded, especially in the United States, as the philosophical founder of conservatism.
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Editor's Preface Acknowledgments Editor's Introduction I Composition and Publication II On Taste III The Sublime and Beautiful IV Influence of the Enquiry Note on the Text Burke's Enquiry Preface to the First Edition Preface to the Second Edition Contents Text Appendix: A List of Editions of the Enquiry Published During Burke's Lifetime Index
Editor's Preface Acknowledgments Editor's Introduction I Composition and Publication II On Taste III The Sublime and Beautiful IV Influence of the Enquiry Note on the Text Burke's Enquiry Preface to the First Edition Preface to the Second Edition Contents Text Appendix: A List of Editions of the Enquiry Published During Burke's Lifetime Index
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