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Ideas of Alexander Baumgarten, by Text

[German, 1714 - 1762, Born in Berlin. Professor at Halle, and at Frankfurt-on-Oder.]

1739	Aesthetica

p.86

8063

Baumgarten founded aesthetics in 1750 [Tolstoy]

p.92

8118

Beauty is an order between parts, and in relation to the whole [Tolstoy]

p.92

8117

Perfection comes through the senses (Beauty), through reason (Truth), and through moral will (Good) [Tolstoy]