{"product_id":"the-sense-of-beauty-being-the-outlines-of-aesthetic-theory","title":"The Sense of Beauty: Being the Outlines of Aesthetic Theory","description":"ix, 275 pp. Maroon cloth boards. \"The Sense of Beauty is a book on aesthetics by the philosopher George Santayana.[1] The book was published in 1896 by Charles Scribner's Sons, and is based on the lectures Santayana gave on aesthetics while teaching at Harvard University.[2] Santayana published the book out of necessity, for tenure, rather than inspiration. In an anecdote retold by art critic Arthur Danto of a meeting with Santayana in 1950, Santayana was reported to have said that \"they let me know through the ladies that I had better publish a book... on art, of course. So I wrote this wretched potboiler.\"[3] The book is divided into four parts: \"The Nature of Beauty\", \"The Materials of Beauty\", \"Form\", and \"Expression\".[2] Beauty, as defined by Santayana, is an \"objectified pleasure.\"[1] It does not originate from divine inspiration, as was commonly described by philosophers, but from a naturalistic psychology.[4] Santayana objects to the role of God in aesthetics in the metaphysical sense, but accepts the use of God as metaphor.[1] His argument that beauty is a human experience, based on the senses, is influential in the field of aesthetics.[4] However, Santayana would reject this approach, which he called \"skirt[ing] psychologism,\" later on in life.[1] According to Santayana, beauty is linked to pleasure, and is fundamental to human purpose and experience.[4] Beauty does not originate from pleasurable experiences, by itself,[5] or from the objects that bring about pleasure.[6] It is when the experience and emotion of pleasure intertwines with the qualities of the object that beauty arises.[6] Beauty is a \"manifestation of perfection\",[7] and as Santayana writes, \"the sense of beauty has a more important place in life than aesthetic theory has ever taken in philosophy.\"[1]\"--Wikipedia","brand":"Charles Scribner's Sons","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32052877951046,"sku":"2305174","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1232\/9510\/products\/2305174.jpg?v=1597808158","url":"https:\/\/ym-demo.myshopify.com\/products\/the-sense-of-beauty-being-the-outlines-of-aesthetic-theory","provider":"Yesterday's Muse","version":"1.0","type":"link"}