Edmund Burke

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Edmund Burke

• A Philosophical Inquiry Into the Origin of Our
  Ideas of the
• Sublime and the Beautiful
• Student Edition
• Created by Hanah Contreras
• Edited by Brett Ader and Dr. Kay Picart

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His background . . .

• 1729 - 1797
• Born in Dublin, Ireland
• British political writer and Statesman
• A Whig but altered his thought towards the
  philosophy of modern conservatives.

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Burkes philosophy . . .

• It is generally agreed that there is a uniform
  standard for reason truth and falsehoods.
• There must be a standard in both reason and in
  taste in all human creatures because . . .
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Battles of a definition

• Definitions are hindering because they. . .
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Example of the Teacher

• Investigation vs. disquisition
• a few barren and lifeless truths to build upon
• a track to direct us
• leads toward invention

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Knowledge

• All mens knowledge is based on -
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• What are the foundations of ones taste?

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Principles of Taste

• All the natural powers in man are
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The senses

• Same object (cause)
• same manner
• same kind
• same effect
• The pleasures and pains that an object excites in
  one man, must do the same to all mankind.

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Imagination

• Known to man as wit, fancy, invention and the
  like
• To Burke, it is a creative power and operates in
  2 ways
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• 2) ______________________________
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Problem of imitation

• Man takes pleasure in finding resemblances.
• The need to distinguish and sort our ideas from
  the original (experience)
• The different degrees of knowledge
• The painter, shoemaker, anatomist and emperor
• But, what do all these different people have in
  common?

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Judgment

• Stumbling blocks in the way of imagination.
• Pleasure of superiority and pride
• Taste and judgment improve with
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Characteristics of The Sublime

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Characteristics of the Sublime

• According to Burke, can the Sublime ever be
  delightful?

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The Beautiful . . .

• General passion
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• Passion of generation
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Beauty is the inspiration with sentiments of
tenderness and affection towards their persons.
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A Comparison of the Sublime and the Beautiful

• The Sublime
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• The Beautiful
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How does Burke compare the sublime and the
beautiful to black and white?