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Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic

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Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic

by Benedetto Croce

English· 11:54:56· 30 chapters
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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Chapters

  1. Chapter 1

    Introduction

    35:25
  2. Chapter 2

    Intuition and Expression

    31:30
  3. Chapter 3

    Intuition and Art

    26:58
  4. Chapter 4

    Art and Philosophy

    27:23
  5. Chapter 5

    Historicism and Intellectualism in Aesthetic

    18:58
  6. Chapter 6

    Analogous Errors in Historic and in Logic

    19:58
  7. Chapter 7

    Theoretic and Practical Activity

    19:02
  8. Chapter 8

    Analogy Between the Theoretic and the Practical

    15:46
  9. Chapter 9

    Exclusion of Other Spiritual Forms

    14:40
  10. Chapter 10

    Indivisibility of Expression into Modes or Grades and Critique of Rhetoric

    17:21
  11. Chapter 11

    Aesthetic Feelings and the Distinction between the Beautiful and the Ugly

    18:59
  12. Chapter 12

    Critique of Aesthetic Hedonism

    11:56
  13. Chapter 13

    The Aesthetic of the Sympathetic and Pseudo-Aesthetic Concepts

    16:19
  14. Chapter 14

    The So-Called Physically Beautiful in Nature and in Art

    25:09
  15. Chapter 15

    Errors Arising from the Confusion between Physic and Aesthetic

    17:48
  16. Chapter 16

    The Activity of Externalization. Technique and the Theory of the Arts

    18:29
  17. Chapter 17

    Taste and the Reproduction of Art

    25:17
  18. Chapter 18

    The History of Literature and of Art

    29:57
  19. Chapter 19

    Conclusion: Identity of Linguistic and Aesthetic

    31:15
  20. Chapter 20

    Historical Summary, Part 1

    30:54
  21. Chapter 21

    Historical Summary, Part 2

    25:18
  22. Chapter 22

    Historical Summary, Part 3

    28:52
  23. Chapter 23

    Historical Summary, Part 4

    33:54
  24. Chapter 24

    Historical Summary, Part 5

    27:05
  25. Chapter 25

    Historical Summary, Part 6

    28:06
  26. Chapter 26

    Historical Summary, Part 7

    24:16
  27. Chapter 27

    Historical Summary, Part 8

    27:57
  28. Chapter 28

    Appendix, Part 1

    28:00
  29. Chapter 29

    Appendix, Part 2

    28:45
  30. Chapter 30

    Appendix, Part 3

    06:00