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General remark on the first section of the Analytic . . . . . . 96
Second Book.—Analytic of the Sublime The "Sublime" refers to the quality of greatness or vastness that inspires awe or even fear, distinct from mere beauty. . . . . . . 101
§ 23. Transition from the faculty which judges of the Beautiful to that which judges of the Sublime . . . . . . 101
§ 24. Of the divisions of an investigation into the feeling of the Sublime . . . . . . 105
A.—Of the Mathematically Sublime The "Mathematically Sublime" refers to things that are absolutely great in size or quantity. . . . . . . 106
§ 25. Explanation of the term “Sublime” . . . . . . 106
§ 26. Of that estimation of the magnitude of natural things which is requisite for the Idea of the Sublime . . . . . . 110
§ 27. Of the quality of the satisfaction in our judgments upon the Sublime . . . . . . 119
B.—Of the Dynamically Sublime in Nature The "Dynamically Sublime" refers to the power or might of nature that overwhelms the observer. . . . . . . 123
§ 28. Of Nature regarded as Might . . . . . . 123
§ 29. Of the modality of the judgment upon the sublime in nature . . . . . . 130
General remark upon the exposition of the aesthetical reflective Judgment . . . . . . 132
Deduction of [pure] aesthetical judgments In philosophy, a "deduction" is a justification or proof of the right to use a certain concept. . . . . . . 150
§ 30. The Deduction of aesthetical judgments on the objects of nature must not be directed to what we call Sublime in nature, but only to the Beautiful . . . . . . 150
§ 31. Of the method of deduction of judgments of taste . . . . . . 152
§ 32. First peculiarity of the judgment of taste . . . . . . 154
§ 33. Second peculiarity of the judgment of taste . . . . . . 157
§ 34. There is no objective principle of taste possible . . . . . . 159
§ 35. The principle of Taste is the subjective principle of Judgment in general . . . . . . 161
§ 36. Of the problem of a Deduction of judgments of Taste . . . . . . 162
§ 37. What is properly asserted from first principles original: "a priori"; refers to knowledge that is independent of experience. of an object in a judgment of taste . . . . . . 164
§ 38. Deduction of judgments of taste . . . . . . 165
§ 39. Of the communicability of a sensation . . . . . . 167
§ 40. Of taste as a kind of common sense original: "sensus communis"; the idea of a shared human capacity for feeling and judgment. . . . . . . 169
§ 41. Of the empirical interest in the Beautiful . . . . . . 173
§ 42. Of the intellectual interest in the Beautiful . . . . . . 176
§ 43. Of Art in general . . . . . . 183
§ 44. Of beautiful Art . . . . . . 185
§ 45. Beautiful art is an art in so far as it seems like nature . . . . . . 187
§ 46. Beautiful art is the art of genius . . . . . . 188