This volume brings together and provides contextual introductions to the most significant 18th century writing on philosophy of art. From the pioneering study by Francis Hutcheson, through Hume's seminal essays on the standard of taste and tragedy, to the end of the tradition in…
During the intellectual and cultural flowering of Scotland in the 18th century few subjects attracted as much interest among men of letters as aesthetics - the study of art from the subjective perspective of human experience. All of the great philosophers of the age - Hutcheson,…
Employing an interdisciplinary approach that gives equal consideration to Campbell's secular and religious writings, Jeffrey Suderman argues that Campbell used the critical tools of the Enlightenment to defend an orthodox Christian faith. This conclusion will oblige both histori…
