Observations On The Feeling of The Beautiful and Sublime

Observations on the Feeling of the Beautiful and Sublime (German: Beobachtungen über das Gefühl des Schönen und Erhabenen) is a 1764 book by Immanuel Kant.

The first complete translation into English was published in 1799. The second was published in 1960 by the University of California Press.

Read more about Observations On The Feeling Of The Beautiful And Sublime:  Section One, Section Two, Section Three, Section Four

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