How Long to Read Selected Writings on Aesthetics

How Long Does it Take to Read Selected Writings on Aesthetics?

It takes the average reader 8 hours to read Selected Writings on Aesthetics by Johann Gottfried Herder

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

A seminal figure in the philosophy of history, culture, and language, Johann Gottfried Herder (1744-1803) also produced some of the most important and original works in the history of aesthetic theory. A student of Kant, he spent much of his life striving to reconcile the opposing poles of Enlightenment thought represented by his early mentors. His ideas influenced Hegel, Schleiermacher, Nietzsche, Dilthey, J. S. Mill, and Goethe. This book presents most of Herder's important writings on aesthetics, including the main sections of one of his major untranslated works, Kritische Wälder (Critical Forests). These notes, essays, and treatises, the majority of which appear here in English for the first time, show this idiosyncratic thinker both deeply rooted in the controversies of his day and pointing the way to future developments in aesthetics. Chosen to reflect the extent and diversity of Herder's concerns, the texts cover such topics as the psychology and physiology of aesthetic perception, the classification of the arts, taste, Shakespeare, the classical tradition, and the relationship between art and morality. Few thinkers have reflected so sensitively and productively on the cultural, historical, anthropological, ethical, and theological dimensions of art and the creative process. With this book, the importance of aesthetics to the evolution and texture of Herder's own thought, as well as his profound contribution to that discipline, comes fully into view.

How long is Selected Writings on Aesthetics?

Selected Writings on Aesthetics by Johann Gottfried Herder is 480 pages long, and a total of 120,000 words.

This makes it 162% the length of the average book. It also has 147% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Selected Writings on Aesthetics Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 10 hours and 55 minutes to read Selected Writings on Aesthetics aloud.

What Reading Level is Selected Writings on Aesthetics?

Selected Writings on Aesthetics is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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