Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic


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One of the earliest works of this Italian philosopher and literary critic, Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic marks the beginning of Croce's elaboration of his highly influential ideas of aesthetics. Croce defines art in terms of intuition and expression, thus replacing beauty as the primary criterion for aesthetic evaluation. - Summary by Mary J

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Introduction 35:25 Read by Lisa Reichert
Intuition and Expression 31:30 Read by Lisa Reichert
Intuition and Art 26:58 Read by Lisa Reichert
Art and Philosophy 27:23 Read by Lisa Reichert
Historicism and Intellectualism in Aesthetic 18:58 Read by Lisa Reichert
Analogous Errors in Historic and in Logic 19:58 Read by Lisa Reichert
Theoretic and Practical Activity 19:02 Read by Lisa Reichert
Analogy Between the Theoretic and the Practical 15:46 Read by Lisa Reichert
Exclusion of Other Spiritual Forms 14:40 Read by Lisa Reichert
Indivisibility of Expression into Modes or Grades and Critique of Rhetoric 17:21 Read by Lisa Reichert
Aesthetic Feelings and the Distinction between the Beautiful and the Ugly 18:59 Read by Lisa Reichert
Critique of Aesthetic Hedonism 11:56 Read by Lisa Reichert
The Aesthetic of the Sympathetic and Pseudo-Aesthetic Concepts 16:19 Read by Lisa Reichert
The So-Called Physically Beautiful in Nature and in Art 25:09 Read by Lisa Reichert
Errors Arising from the Confusion between Physic and Aesthetic 17:48 Read by Lisa Reichert
The Activity of Externalization. Technique and the Theory of the Arts 18:29 Read by Lisa Reichert
Taste and the Reproduction of Art 25:17 Read by Lisa Reichert
The History of Literature and of Art 29:57 Read by Lisa Reichert
Conclusion: Identity of Linguistic and Aesthetic 31:15 Read by Lisa Reichert
Historical Summary, Part 1 30:54 Read by Lisa Reichert
Historical Summary, Part 2 25:18 Read by Sharon Greer
Historical Summary, Part 3 28:52 Read by Will Irace
Historical Summary, Part 4 33:54 Read by Lisa Reichert
Historical Summary, Part 5 27:05 Read by MaryAnn
Historical Summary, Part 6 28:06 Read by Larry Wilson
Historical Summary, Part 7 24:16 Read by KHand
Historical Summary, Part 8 27:57 Read by KHand
Appendix, Part 1 28:00 Read by Philip Panos
Appendix, Part 2 28:45 Read by Philip Panos
Appendix, Part 3 6:00 Read by Gillian Schnurr

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