Aesthetica

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Aesthetica is an 18th-century philosophical treatise by Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten that helped establish aesthetics as a distinct field of philosophical inquiry.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book
philosophical treatise
associatedWithMovement German Enlightenment NERFINISHED
author Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten NERFINISHED
bibliographicCategory 18th-century philosophical literature
Latin philosophical works
contributedTo concept of aesthetics as science of sensuous knowledge
terminology of aesthetics
countryOfOrigin Prussia NERFINISHED
fieldOfStudy philosophy
genre philosophy of art
theoretical aesthetics
hasInfluenceOn 19th-century aesthetics
philosophy of art education
hasPart Aesthetica, Part I NERFINISHED
Aesthetica, Part II NERFINISHED
hasScholarlyReception extensively studied in history of aesthetics
influenced German aesthetics
Immanuel Kant NERFINISHED
modern aesthetics
language Latin NERFINISHED
mainSubject aesthetics
notableFor helping establish aesthetics as an autonomous philosophical discipline
systematic treatment of sensuous cognition
originalTitle Aesthetica NERFINISHED
period Enlightenment
philosophicalTradition early modern philosophy
rationalism
placeInHistoryOfPhilosophy foundational work in aesthetics
publicationCentury 18th century
publicationEndYear 1758
publicationStartYear 1750
subject art
beauty
perception
sensory cognition
taste
writtenByPhilosopher Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten NERFINISHED

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