The beautiful soul
aesthetic morality in the eighteenth century
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Author
Publication
1995 - Cornell University Press, Ithaca, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
78,500 words, Guess
Page Count
314 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL1111485M
- ISBN-10080143050X
- OCLC Control Number31376919
- OCLC Control Numberbeautifulsoulaes0000nort
- Library of Congress Control Number94037298
and 2 more
- LibraryThing1372043
- Goodreads963191
Classifications
- DDC170/.9/033
- LCCBJ311 .N67 1995
Description
For many eighteenth-century European philosophers and writers, the "beautiful soul" was a symbol of enlightened humanity, carrying with it the possibility that aesthetic beauty and moral goodness would be fused in a new, indivisible unity. In the first book in English on the subject, Robert E. Norton follows the fortunes of this cultural icon, exploring the reasons for both its initial popularity and its subsequent decline as a cultural ideal during the Enlightenment.
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