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Author Townsend, Dabney, 1941-

Title Hume's aesthetic theory : sentiment and taste in the history of aesthetics / Dabney Townsend
Published London ; New York : Routledge, 2000

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Description 1 online resource (x, 258 pages)
Series Routledge studies in eighteenth century philosophy ; 2
Routledge studies in eighteenth century philosophy ; 2.
Contents Shaftesbury and Hume -- Taste -- Hume's appeal to sentiment -- The aesthetic/moral analogy -- Rules -- The problem of a standard of taste
Summary This is a challenging exploration of the link between the work of David Hume and the eighteenth century empiricist background to the parallel history of aesthetics as it developed at the time
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Hume, David, 1711-1776 -- Aesthetics
SUBJECT Hume, David, 1711-1776 fast
Subject Aesthetics, Modern -- 18th century.
PHILOSOPHY -- Aesthetics.
Aesthetics
Aesthetics, Modern
Esthetica.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 0203186079
9780203186077