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159. An Overview of the Kantian Sublime

Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) Introduction We sometimes refer to experiences, things, and even people as sublime. In doing so we try to convey something exalted, overwhelming, astonishing, and even infinite about them. We may also try and express feelings of delight… Read more ›

February 22, 2019 5 Comments

Dwight Goodyear

Aesthetics, Metaphysics, Morality, The Soul

Critique of Judgment, dynamic sublime, Edmund Burke, Immanuel Kant, infinity, John Dennis, John Martin, Jospeh Addison, Kant, mathematical sublime, romantic art, Schelling, Schiller, the sublime, William Wordsworth, Yayoi Kusama

120. Philosophy and the Sublime

Many of our efforts at self-examination presuppose at least a sense of things we don’t know. We sense our life is inadequate and take steps to acquire more knowledge to remove our ignorance. We widen our scope, gain new perspectives, and… Read more ›

June 14, 2017 3 Comments

Dwight Goodyear

Aesthetics, Love, Metaphysics, The Soul, Truth

Critique of Judgment, eros, Immanuel Kant, infinity, mathematical sublime, Plato, Rene Descartes, The Good, The one, the sublime, Timaeus, wisdom

Michael Maier, Atalanta Fugiens (1618)

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