Lectures on Aesthetics
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Lectures on Aesthetics is a posthumously published collection of G. W. F. Hegel’s university lectures that presents his influential philosophy of art and beauty within his broader idealist system.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Lectures on Aesthetics canonical | 2 |
| Hegel's aesthetics | 1 |
| Part I: The Idea of the Beautiful in Art | 1 |
| Vorlesungen über die Ästhetik | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lectures on Aesthetics Context triple: [G. W. F. Hegel, notableWork, Lectures on Aesthetics]
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Treatise on the Emendation of the Intellect
Treatise on the Emendation of the Intellect is an unfinished philosophical work by Baruch Spinoza that outlines a method for improving the mind to attain true knowledge and intellectual perfection.
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Discourse on the Arts and Sciences
Discourse on the Arts and Sciences is an influential 1750 philosophical essay by Jean-Jacques Rousseau that argues the progress of arts and sciences has corrupted human morality rather than improved it.
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Principia Ethica
Principia Ethica is a foundational 1903 work in moral philosophy by G. E. Moore that helped launch analytic ethics through its defense of ethical non-naturalism and the “open question” argument.
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Über Begriff und Gegenstand
Über Begriff und Gegenstand is a seminal philosophical essay by Gottlob Frege that analyzes the distinction between concepts and objects within his logical and semantic framework.
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E.
Philosophical Investigations
Philosophical Investigations is a highly influential 20th-century work of philosophy that reshaped analytic philosophy through its exploration of language, meaning, and the limits of philosophical inquiry.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lectures on Aesthetics Target entity description: Lectures on Aesthetics is a posthumously published collection of G. W. F. Hegel’s university lectures that presents his influential philosophy of art and beauty within his broader idealist system.
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A.
Treatise on the Emendation of the Intellect
Treatise on the Emendation of the Intellect is an unfinished philosophical work by Baruch Spinoza that outlines a method for improving the mind to attain true knowledge and intellectual perfection.
-
B.
Discourse on the Arts and Sciences
Discourse on the Arts and Sciences is an influential 1750 philosophical essay by Jean-Jacques Rousseau that argues the progress of arts and sciences has corrupted human morality rather than improved it.
-
C.
Principia Ethica
Principia Ethica is a foundational 1903 work in moral philosophy by G. E. Moore that helped launch analytic ethics through its defense of ethical non-naturalism and the “open question” argument.
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D.
Über Begriff und Gegenstand
Über Begriff und Gegenstand is a seminal philosophical essay by Gottlob Frege that analyzes the distinction between concepts and objects within his logical and semantic framework.
-
E.
Philosophical Investigations
Philosophical Investigations is a highly influential 20th-century work of philosophy that reshaped analytic philosophy through its exploration of language, meaning, and the limits of philosophical inquiry.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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collection of lectures ⓘ philosophical work ⓘ |
| author |
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
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linked to:
G. W. F. Hegel
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| basedOn | Hegel's university lectures ⓘ |
| centralConcept |
absolute spirit
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classical art ⓘ end of art thesis ⓘ ideal ⓘ romantic art ⓘ sensuous appearance of the idea ⓘ symbolic art ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Kingdom of Prussia
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linked to:
Prussia
|
| editor | Heinrich Gustav Hotho ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy |
aesthetics
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philosophy ⓘ |
| follows |
Encyclopaedia of the Philosophical Sciences
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Phenomenology of Spirit ⓘ
linked to:
phenomenology of spirit
|
| genre |
lecture notes
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philosophical aesthetics ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Introduction
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Part I: The Idea of the Beautiful in Art ⓘ
linked to:
Lectures on Aesthetics
Part II: The Development of the Ideal into the Particular Forms of Art ⓘ Part III: The System of the Individual Arts ⓘ |
| influenced |
19th-century aesthetics
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Marxist aesthetics ⓘ continental aesthetics ⓘ phenomenology of art ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Friedrich Schiller
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Immanuel Kant ⓘ |
| language | German ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
aesthetics
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beauty ⓘ philosophy of art ⓘ |
| notableIdea |
art as a mode of absolute spirit
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art, religion, and philosophy as related forms of spirit ⓘ hierarchy of the arts ⓘ historical development of art forms ⓘ |
| partOf | Hegel's system of absolute idealism ⓘ |
| philosophicalSchool | German idealism ⓘ |
| positionInSystem | third part of the philosophy of spirit ⓘ |
| publicationStatus | posthumous work ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1835 ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Lectures on the History of Philosophy
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Lectures on the Philosophy of Religion ⓘ |
| title |
Vorlesungen über die Ästhetik
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linked to:
Lectures on Aesthetics
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