Longinus
Books by Longinus
“I think you have to put him at the top of the list, just because he sort of got it all going. We have no treatises on the sublime without his work on the sublime. I don’t know if it’s accurate to say he wrote the first one, but it’s certainly the one that has survived the longest, so I think he’s significant for that reason alone.” Read more...
Robert Clewis, Philosopher
Interviews where books by Longinus were recommended
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On the Sublime
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A Philosophical Enquiry into the Sublime and Beautiful
by Edmund Burke -
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Critique of the Power of Judgement
by Immanuel Kant -
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The World as Will and Representation
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The Sublime: A Study of Critical Theories in XVIII-Century England
by Samuel Monk
The best books on The Sublime, recommended by Robert Clewis
The best books on The Sublime, recommended by Robert Clewis
Whenever we go in search of rugged landscapes, thundering waterfalls or awesome vistas, we are in search of ‘the sublime’—an aesthetic quality that has been the subject of significant philosophical, artistic and psychological study. Here, philosopher Robert Clewis talks us through the landmark studies of the sublime, and makes some recommendations for those seeking introductory books on the subject.
