Aesthetic

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Benedetto Croce is one of the most influential philosophers of the twentieth century. His work in aesthetics and historiography has been controversial but enduring. When the first edition of ^Esthetic appeared in 1902 Croce was seen as foremost in reasserting an idealistic philosophy which despite its source in continental idealists from Descartes to Hegel offers a system that attempts to account for the emergence of scientific systems. Croce thus combines scientific and metaphysical thought into a dynamic aesthetic.Croce regards aesthetics not merely as a branch of philosophy but as a fundamental human activity. It is inseparable from historical psychological political economic and moral considerations no less than a unique frame of artistic reference. Aesthetic is composed of two parts: Part One concentrates on aesthetic theory and practice. Among the topics it covers are: intuition and expression art and philosophy historicism and intellectualism and beauty in nature and in art. Part Two is devoted to the history of aesthetics. Croce analyzes such subjects as: aesthetic ideas in the Middle Ages and Renaissance Giambattista Vico as the inventor of aesthetic science the philosophy of language and aesthetic psychologism.In his new introduction to a classic translation John McCormick assesses Croce's influence in aesthetic theory and historiography. He notes that the republication of this work is an overdue appreciation of a singular effort to resolve the classic questions of the philosophy of art art for its own sake and art as a social enterprise; both find a place in Croce's system.
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