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The Harvard Classics
Edmund Burke: On Taste; On the Sublime and Beautiful; Reflections on the French Revolution; A Letter to a Noble Lord
Vol. 24
General Introduction
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Preface to the Second Edition of On the Sublime and Beautiful
Edmund Burke
On Taste: Introductory Discourse
Edmund Burke
Introductory Note to On the Sublime and Beautiful
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A Philosophical Inquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful
Edmund Burke
Part I
Section I.—novelty
Sect. Ii.—pain and Pleasure
Sect. Iii.—the Difference
Sect. Tv.—of Delight and Pleasure
Sect. V.—joy and Grief
Sect. Vi.—of the Passions
Sect. Vii.—of the Sublime
Sect. Viii.—of the Passions
Sect. Ix.—the Final Cause
Sect. X.—of Beauty
Sect. Xi.—society and Solitude
Sect. Xii.—sympathy,
Sect. Xiii.—sympathy
Sect. Xiv.—the Effects of Sympathy
Sect. Xv.—of the Effects of Tragedy
Sect. Xvi.—imitation
Sect. Xvii.—ambition
Sect. Xviii.—the Recapitulation
Sect. Xix.—the Conclusion
Part I I
Section I.—of the Passion
Sect. Ii.—terror
Sect. Iii.—obscurity
Sect. Iv.—of the Difference
Sect. [iV.]—THE Same Subject
Sect. V.—power
Sect. Vi.—privation
Sect. Vii.—vastness
Sect. Viii.—infinity
Sect. I X. — Succession and Uniformity
Sect. X.—magnitude in Building
Sect. Xi.—infinity in Pleasing Objects
Sect. Xii.—difficulty
Sect. Xiii.—magnificence
Sect. XIV. — Light
Sect. X V. — Light in Building
Sect. XVI. — Colour Considered
Sect. XVII. — Sound and Loudness
Sect. Xvui.—suddenness
Sect. XIX. — Intermitting
Sect. Xx.—the Cries of Animals
Sect. Xxi.—smell and Taste.
Sect. Xxii.—feeling.
Part III
Section I — O F Beauty
Sect. Ii.—proportion
Sect. Iii.—proportion
Sect. Iv.—proportion
Sect. V. — Proportion
Sect. Vi.—fitness
Sect. VII. — the Real Effects of Fitness
Sect. VIII. — the Recapitulation
Sect. Ix.—perfection
Sect. X.—how Far the Idea of Beauty
Sect. Xi.—how Far the Idea
Sect. Xii.—the Real Cause of Beauty
Sect. Xiii.—beautiful Objects Small
Sect. Xiv.—smoothness
Sect. Xv.—gradual Variation
Sect. Xvi.—delicacy
Sect. Xvii.—beauty in Colour
Sect. Xviii.—recapitulation
Sect. Xix.—the Physiognomy
Sect. Xx.—the Eye
Sect Xxi.—ugliness
Sect. XXII. — Grace
Sect. XXIII. Elegance and Speciousness
Sect. XX T V. — the Beautiful in Feeling
Sect. XXV. the Beautiful in Sounds
Sect. XXVI. — Taste and Smell
Sect. XXVII. — the Sublime and Beau T If U
Part IV
Section I.—of the Efficient Cause
Sect. I I. — Association
Sect. Iii.—cause of Pain and Fear
Sect. Iv.—continued
Sect. V.—how the Sublime Is Produced
Sect. Vi.—how Pain Can Be a Cause of Delight
Sect. VII. — Exercise
Sect. Viii.—why Things
Sect. Ix.—why Visual Objects
Sect. X.—unity
Sect. Xi.—the Artificial Infinite
Sect. Xii.—the Vibrations
Sect. Xiii.—the Effects of Succession
Sect. xrv.—LOCKE'S Opinion
Sect. Xv.—darkness Terrible
Sect. Xvi.—why Darkness Is Terrible
Sect. Xvii.—the Effects of Blackness
Sect. Xviii.—the Effects of Blackness
Sect. Xix.—the Physical Cause of Love
Sect. Xx.—why Smoothness Is Beautiful
Sect. Xxi.—sweetness, Its Nature
Sect. Xxii.—sweetness Relaxing
Sect. Xxiii.—variation, Why Beautiful
Sect. Xxiv.—concerning Smallness
Sect. Xxv.—of Colour
Part V
Section I. — O F Words
Sect. Ii.—the Common Effects of Poetry,
Sect. Iii.—general Words
Sect. Iv.—the Effect of Words
Sect. V.—examples That Words
Sect. Vi.—poetry Not Strictly
Sect. Vii.—how Words Influence
Introductory Note to Reflections on the Revolution in France
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Reflections on the Revolution in France
Edmund Burke
Introductory Note to A Letter to a Noble Lord
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A Letter to a Noble Lord
Edmund Burke