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- Edmund Burke, born in Dublin, was influenced by a treatise on the sublime attributed to Longinus during his studies at Trinity College.
- Burke's body of work is divided into historical and philosophical categories, highlighting the uniqueness of nations and exploring aesthetics.
- His notable philosophical essay, "A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful," delves into aesthetics.
- Burke's view of the sublime emphasizes natural elements that trigger a mix of horror and beauty, leading to a state of astonishment.
- He posits that the sublime is primarily rooted in terror, which he identifies as the dominant factor in evoking sublime experiences.
We can divided his work into historical and philosophical works.
In all his historical works he emphasized the individuality of each nation.
In the philosophical works we can found an important essay on the aesthetic, entitled “A PHILOSOPHICAL ENQUIRY INTO THE ORIGIN OF OUR IDEAS OF THE SUBLIME AND BEAUTIFUL”.
Kant: the “beautiful” is what, in nature or art, give aesthetic pleasure, creating a sense of harmony between the things and ourself.
He is above all concerned with what may be considered “sublime” in nature, and tries to provide a definition of “sublime” by underlining its causes and effects.
He find the causes in external aspects of nature which may be simultaneously horrible and beautiful.
Then he divided his effects into a major one, the astonishment: the state of the soul in which all the motions are suspended with some degree of horror.
And other lesser one like admiration and respect, concluding that the sublime is always founded on TERROR which he consider “the ruling principle”
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