| Series |
Very short introductions ; 262 |
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Very short introductions ;
262.
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| Note |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-178)-and indexes. |
| Contents |
Judging beauty -- Human beauty -- Natural beauty -- Everyday beauty -- Artistic beauty -- Taste and order -- Art and Ers -- The flight from beauty -- Concluding thoughts. |
| Summary |
... The renowned philosopher Roger Scruton explores the concept of beauty, asking what makes an object--either in art, in nature, or the human form--beautiful, and examining how we can compare differing judgments of beauty when it is evident all around us that our tastes vary so widely.-publisher description. |
| Subject |
Aesthetics.
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| Standard # |
9780199229758 (paperback) |
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0199229759 (paperback) |
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