Analytic of the Beautiful
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Analytic of the Beautiful is the section of Immanuel Kant’s aesthetic theory that systematically examines judgments of beauty, their subjective universality, and their relation to feeling and cognition.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Analytic of the Beautiful canonical | 2 |
| Critique of Judgment | 1 |
| Dialectic of Aesthetic Judgment | 1 |
| Zweite Buch der Analytik der ästhetischen Urteilskraft | 1 |
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Target entity: Analytic of the Beautiful Context triple: [Critique of the Power of Judgment, hasSection, Analytic of the Beautiful]
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A.
the Form of Beauty
The Form of Beauty is Plato’s eternal, unchanging, and perfect archetype of beauty itself, which all beautiful things imperfectly imitate and which the soul ultimately seeks to contemplate.
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B.
Lectures on Aesthetics
Lectures on Aesthetics is a posthumously published collection of G. W. F. Hegel’s university lectures that presents his influential philosophy of art and beauty within his broader idealist system.
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C.
Discourse on the Arts and Sciences
Discourse on the Arts and Sciences is an influential 1750 philosophical essay by Jean-Jacques Rousseau that argues the progress of arts and sciences has corrupted human morality rather than improved it.
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D.
Treatise on the Emendation of the Intellect
Treatise on the Emendation of the Intellect is an unfinished philosophical work by Baruch Spinoza that outlines a method for improving the mind to attain true knowledge and intellectual perfection.
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E.
Essais sur l’art
Essais sur l’art is a collection of critical writings on art by French Post-Impressionist painter and theorist Émile Bernard, reflecting his aesthetic ideas and debates with contemporaries like Gauguin and Cézanne.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Analytic of the Beautiful Target entity description: Analytic of the Beautiful is the section of Immanuel Kant’s aesthetic theory that systematically examines judgments of beauty, their subjective universality, and their relation to feeling and cognition.
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A.
the Form of Beauty
The Form of Beauty is Plato’s eternal, unchanging, and perfect archetype of beauty itself, which all beautiful things imperfectly imitate and which the soul ultimately seeks to contemplate.
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B.
Lectures on Aesthetics
Lectures on Aesthetics is a posthumously published collection of G. W. F. Hegel’s university lectures that presents his influential philosophy of art and beauty within his broader idealist system.
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C.
Discourse on the Arts and Sciences
Discourse on the Arts and Sciences is an influential 1750 philosophical essay by Jean-Jacques Rousseau that argues the progress of arts and sciences has corrupted human morality rather than improved it.
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D.
Treatise on the Emendation of the Intellect
Treatise on the Emendation of the Intellect is an unfinished philosophical work by Baruch Spinoza that outlines a method for improving the mind to attain true knowledge and intellectual perfection.
-
E.
Essais sur l’art
Essais sur l’art is a collection of critical writings on art by French Post-Impressionist painter and theorist Émile Bernard, reflecting his aesthetic ideas and debates with contemporaries like Gauguin and Cézanne.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
aesthetic theory component
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philosophical work section ⓘ |
| aimsAt | deducing the a priori principles of judgments of beauty ⓘ |
| analyzes | conditions of possibility of judgments of beauty ⓘ |
| author | Immanuel Kant ⓘ |
| concerns |
reflective judgment
ⓘ
taste ⓘ |
| contextInKantCorpus |
Critique of the Power of Judgment
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surface form:
third Critique
|
| defines | judgment of taste ⓘ |
| distinguishes |
adherent beauty
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aesthetic judgments from cognitive judgments ⓘ aesthetic judgments from moral judgments ⓘ free beauty ⓘ |
| examines |
aesthetic judgment
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aesthetic normativity ⓘ disinterested pleasure ⓘ free play of imagination and understanding ⓘ judgments of beauty ⓘ purposiveness without purpose ⓘ relation between feeling and cognition ⓘ subjective universality of taste ⓘ universality without concepts ⓘ |
| field |
aesthetics
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philosophy of art ⓘ transcendental philosophy ⓘ |
| followedBy | Analytic of the Sublime ⓘ |
| follows |
Critique of Judgment
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surface form:
Introduction to the Critique of Judgment
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| hasKeyTheme |
link between aesthetic feeling and rational faculties
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non-cognitive yet communicable character of beauty judgments ⓘ universality of aesthetic judgments without objective concepts ⓘ |
| hasSectionType | transcendental analytic ⓘ |
| influenced |
19th-century aesthetics
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20th-century analytic aesthetics ⓘ phenomenological aesthetics ⓘ |
| introducesConcept |
aesthetic common sense
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disinterestedness in aesthetic judgment ⓘ subjective universality ⓘ |
| language | German ⓘ |
| locatedInWork |
Critique of Judgment
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surface form:
First Part of the Critique of Judgment
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| originalTitle | Analytik des Schönen ⓘ |
| partOf |
Critique of Judgment
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Immanuel Kant’s aesthetic theory ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1790 ⓘ |
| relatesTo |
faculty of judgment
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feeling of pleasure and displeasure ⓘ imagination ⓘ understanding ⓘ |
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Referenced by (5)
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Dialectic of Aesthetic Judgment
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Critique of Judgment
this entity surface form:
Zweite Buch der Analytik der ästhetischen Urteilskraft