A Philosophical Inquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of
The Sublime and Beautiful
With Several Other Additions
Burke, Edmund. 1909 14. On the Sublime and Beautiful. Vol. 24, Part 2. The Harvard Classics
contents:
CONTENTS
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NEW YORK: P.F. COLLIER & SON COMPANY, 1909–14
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Introductory Note
Part I.
Novelty
Pain and Pleasure
The Difference Between the Removal of Pain, and Positive Pleasure
Of Delight and Pleasure as Opposed to Each Other
Joy and Grief
Of the Passions Which Belong to Self-Preservation
Of the Sublime
Of the Passions Which Belong to Society
The Final Cause of the Difference Between the Passions Belonging to Self-Preservation and Those Which Regard the Society of the Sexes
Of Beauty
Society and Solitude
Sympathy, Imitation, and Ambition
Sympathy
The Effects of Sympathy in the Distresses of Others
Of the Effects of Tragedy
Imitation
Ambition
The Recapitulation
The Conclusion
Part II.
Of the Passion Caused by the Sublime
Terror
Obscurity
Of the Difference Between Clearness and Obscurity with Regard to the Passions
The Same Subject Continued
Power
Privation
Vastness
Infinity
Succession and Uniformity
Magnitude in Building
Infinity in Pleasing Objects
Difficulty
Magnificence
Light
Light in Building
Colour Considered as Productive of the Sublime
Sound and Loudness
Suddenness
Intermitting
The Cries of Animals
Smell and Taste. Bitters and Stenches
Feeling. Pain
Part III.
Of Beauty
Proportion not the Cause of Beauty in Vegetables
Proportion not the Cause of Beauty in Animals
Proportion not the Cause of Beauty in the Human Species
Proportion Further Considered
Fitness not the Cause of Beauty
The Real Effects of Fitness
The Recapitulation
Perfection not the Cause of Beauty
How Far the Idea of Beauty May be Applied to the Qualities of the Mind
How Far the Idea of Beauty May be Applied to Virtue
The Real Cause of Beauty
Beautiful Objects Small
Smoothness
Gradual Variation
Delicacy
Beauty in Colour
Recapitulation
The Physiognomy
The Eye
Ugliness
Grace
Elegance and Speciousness
The Beautiful in Feeling
The Beautiful in Sounds
Taste and Smell
The Sublime and Beautiful Compared
Part IV.
Of the Efficient Cause of the Sublime and Beautiful
Association
Cause of Pain and Fear
Continued
How the Sublime is Produced
How Pain Can be a Cause of Delight
Exercise Necessary for the Finer Organs
Why Things not Dangerous Produce a Passion Like Terror
Why Visual Objects of Great Dimensions are Sublime
Unity, Why Requisite to Vastness
The Artificial Infinite
The Vibrations Must be Similar
The Effects of Succession in Visual Objects Explained
Locke’s Opinion Concerning Darkness Considered
Darkness Terrible in its Own Nature
Why Darkness is Terrible
The Effects of Blackness
The Effects of Blackness Moderated
The Physical Cause of Love
Why Smoothness is Beautiful
Sweetness, Its Nature
Sweetness, Relaxing
Variation, Why Beautiful
Concerning Smallness
Of Colour
Part V.
Of Words
The Common Effects of Poetry, Not by Raising Ideas of Things
General Words Before Ideas
The Effect of Words
Examples that Words May Affect Without Raising Images
Poetry not Strictly an Imitative Art
How Words Influence the Passions
