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The Judgment of Sense: Renaissance Naturalism and the Rise of Aesthetics: 5 (Ideas in Context, Series Number 5) - Softcover

Summers, David

 
9780521386319: The Judgment of Sense: Renaissance Naturalism and the Rise of Aesthetics: 5 (Ideas in Context, Series Number 5)

Synopsis

In this book, David Summers provides an investigation of the philosophical and psychological notions invoked in this new theory and criticism.

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Review

'This brilliant, stimulating study in the history of ideas should become indispensible for Renaissance art historians, and for philosophers interested in the history of the philosophy of mind and in what might be called the 'pre-history' of aesthetics.' Choice

Book Description

In this book, David Summers provides an investigation of the philosophical and psychological notions invoked in this new theory and criticism. From a thorough examination of the sources, he shows how the medieval language of mental discourse derived from an understanding of classical thought.

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