The Sublime and Human Creations

Immanuel Kant pre-emptively excludes all man-made contrivances from his definition of the sublime. The limitations of human creation and the purposiveness in its design preclude it from consideration from both mathematical and dynamic sublimity. At best, human creation is “second-order” or “impurely...

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Main Author: Brendan McShane
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Laurentian University Library & Archives 2017-12-01
Series:Con Texte
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Online Access:https://pubs.biblio.laurentian.ca/index.php/contexte/article/view/90/171