Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic

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book philosophical treatise work on aesthetics

Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic is Benedetto Croce’s influential philosophical treatise that presents art as a form of intuitive expression and lays the foundations for his idealist theory of aesthetics and language.

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Label	Occurrences
Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic canonical	6
"Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic"	1
Estetica come scienza dell’espressione e linguistica generale	1

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Target entity: Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic
Context triple: [Benedetto Croce, notableWork, Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic]

A. Languages of Art: An Approach to a Theory of Symbols
Languages of Art: An Approach to a Theory of Symbols is a seminal work in analytic aesthetics that develops a systematic theory of symbols and representation in art, including painting, music, and notation.
B. Treatise on the Origin of Language
Treatise on the Origin of Language is an influential 18th-century philosophical work that explores the natural, cultural, and historical origins of human language.
C. The Meaning of Meaning
The Meaning of Meaning is a seminal 1923 work in semantics and the philosophy of language by C. K. Ogden and I. A. Richards that explores how language, symbols, and thought are related.
D. Grundlegung einer deutschen Sprachkunst
Grundlegung einer deutschen Sprachkunst is an influential 18th-century treatise that systematically codified German grammar and style, helping to standardize the modern German literary language.
E. Aesthetic Theory
Aesthetic Theory is Theodor W. Adorno’s major philosophical work on art and aesthetics, offering a dense, dialectical critique of modern culture and the role of art in society.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

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Target entity: Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic
Target entity description: Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic is Benedetto Croce’s influential philosophical treatise that presents art as a form of intuitive expression and lays the foundations for his idealist theory of aesthetics and language.

A. Languages of Art: An Approach to a Theory of Symbols
Languages of Art: An Approach to a Theory of Symbols is a seminal work in analytic aesthetics that develops a systematic theory of symbols and representation in art, including painting, music, and notation.
B. Treatise on the Origin of Language
Treatise on the Origin of Language is an influential 18th-century philosophical work that explores the natural, cultural, and historical origins of human language.
C. The Meaning of Meaning
The Meaning of Meaning is a seminal 1923 work in semantics and the philosophy of language by C. K. Ogden and I. A. Richards that explores how language, symbols, and thought are related.
D. Grundlegung einer deutschen Sprachkunst
Grundlegung einer deutschen Sprachkunst is an influential 18th-century treatise that systematically codified German grammar and style, helping to standardize the modern German literary language.
E. Aesthetic Theory
Aesthetic Theory is Theodor W. Adorno’s major philosophical work on art and aesthetics, offering a dense, dialectical critique of modern culture and the role of art in society.
F. None of above. chosen

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instanceOf	book ⓘ philosophical treatise ⓘ work on aesthetics ⓘ
addresses	nature of artistic creation ⓘ relation between language and thought ⓘ
author	Benedetto Croce ⓘ
centralConcept	aesthetic intuition ⓘ art as intuitive expression ⓘ distinction between intuition and concept ⓘ general linguistics as theory of expression ⓘ identity of intuition and expression ⓘ
claims	aesthetic activity is distinct from logical and practical activity ⓘ art is pure intuition or pure expression ⓘ every true intuition is also expression ⓘ language is the universal form of expression ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Italy ⓘ
genre	aesthetics ⓘ philosophy ⓘ
hasEnglishTitle	Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic self-link ⓘ
hasOriginalTitle	Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Estetica come scienza dell’espressione e linguistica generale
hasPart	general linguistics ⓘ theory of aesthetics ⓘ
historicalPeriod	early 20th century philosophy ⓘ
influenced	20th-century aesthetics ⓘ Italian philosophy ⓘ theory of literary criticism ⓘ
influencedBy	Francesco De Sanctis ⓘ G. W. F. Hegel ⓘ surface form: Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel Immanuel Kant ⓘ
mainTopic	aesthetics ⓘ philosophy of art ⓘ philosophy of language ⓘ
notableFor	foundational formulation of Croce’s aesthetics ⓘ influence on neo-idealism ⓘ integration of aesthetics and general linguistics ⓘ
opposes	formalism in aesthetics ⓘ naturalistic aesthetics ⓘ psychologistic theories of art ⓘ
originalLanguage	Italian ⓘ
philosophicalCategory	theory of art ⓘ theory of language ⓘ
philosophicalSchool	Italian idealism ⓘ absolute idealism ⓘ
philosophicalSystem	part of Croce’s system of the philosophy of spirit ⓘ
publicationYear	1902 ⓘ
relatedWork	Logic as the Science of the Pure Concept ⓘ
structure	two main parts ⓘ

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this entity surface form: "Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic"

Italian idealism → associatedWork → Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic ⓘ

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this entity surface form: Estetica come scienza dell’espressione e linguistica generale

Logic as the Science of the Pure Concept → predecessorWork → Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic ⓘ

Theory and History of Historiography → relatedWork → Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic ⓘ

The Philosophy of Giambattista Vico → relatedWork → Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic ⓘ

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