A Philosophical Enquiry Into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beatiful (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from A Philosophical Enquiry Into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beatiful I have endeavoured to make this edition something more full and satisfactory than the first. I have fought with the utmost care and read with, equal attention every thing which has appeared in publick against my opinions; have taken advantage of the candid liberty of my friends; and if by these means I have been better enabled to discover the imperfections of the work, the indulgence it has received, imperfect at was, furnished me with a new motive to spare no reasonable pains for its improvement. Though I have not found sufficient reason, or what appeared to me sufficient for making any material change in my theory, I have found it necessary in many places to explain, illustrate and enforce it. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.