The Centennial Review: CR., Volume 31College of Arts and Letters, Michigan State University, 1987 - Literature |
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... perfection : 1 ) the perfection contained within the aesthetic object , as it " works out " its own aesthetic core - principle of the inner bond among its fea- tures - that is to say , of their mutually - affecting impulses ( music , ab ...
... perfection : 1 ) the perfection contained within the aesthetic object , as it " works out " its own aesthetic core - principle of the inner bond among its fea- tures - that is to say , of their mutually - affecting impulses ( music , ab ...
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... perfection we are able to imagine , and towards which this representation directs our affective yearn- ings . The sense of the missing or absent perfection character- izes our affective response to the common aesthetic expressions of ...
... perfection we are able to imagine , and towards which this representation directs our affective yearn- ings . The sense of the missing or absent perfection character- izes our affective response to the common aesthetic expressions of ...
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... perfection , either directly or by evoking the absent , imagined perfection in our feelings . Beauty thus depends on the sense of perfection and of the ideal , as the image of perfection is created in the imagination and in the ...
... perfection , either directly or by evoking the absent , imagined perfection in our feelings . Beauty thus depends on the sense of perfection and of the ideal , as the image of perfection is created in the imagination and in the ...
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