Beautiful soul : aesthetic morality in the eighteenth century
By: Norton, Robert Edward.
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BookPublisher: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 1995Description: xi, 314 p. ; 23 cm.ISBN: 9781501768224.Subject(s): Aesthetics, Modern | Aesthetics, Modern 18th century | Ethics, Modern 18th century | SoulDDC classification: 170.9033 Summary: For many eighteenth-century European philosophers and writers, the "beautiful soul" was a symbol of enlightened humanity, carrying with it the possibility that aesthetic beauty and moral goodness would be fused in a new, indivisible unity. In the first book in English on the subject, Robert E. Norton follows the fortunes of this cultural icon, exploring the reasons for both its initial popularity and its subsequent decline as a cultural ideal during the Enlightenment.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
For many eighteenth-century European philosophers and writers, the "beautiful soul" was a symbol of enlightened humanity, carrying with it the possibility that aesthetic beauty and moral goodness would be fused in a new, indivisible unity. In the first book in English on the subject, Robert E. Norton follows the fortunes of this cultural icon, exploring the reasons for both its initial popularity and its subsequent decline as a cultural ideal during the Enlightenment.
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