Kant and Emerson
Angelika Nicole
Analytical Essay
The readings of Immanuel Kant’s “Observations of Enjoyment” and Ralph Emerson’s pieces titled “Art “ and “ Circles” displayed a kind of similarity between the two very different writers. Throughout my essay you will see just how they are similar and what one would possible think of the others ideas. You see no ideas are necessarily right or wrong ultimately like in life people do not always agree
In “Observations on the Feeling of the Beautiful and Sublime” section one by Immanuel Kant. Immanuel Kant begins with discussing the idea that feeling happy or sad does not come from the nature of external things but more of what a person’s ability to let things make them feel pleasure of pain. He stresses that all people are different. Something that may make someone feel upset can make another happy. Kant then continues to talk about the feeling of the sublime and beautiful. He uses examples to display his opinions.
First he begins to talk about the sight of mountains along with raging storms in which beautiful things enjoyment can be seen as well as horror. On the other hand we can look at grazing flocks and Homers portrayal of the girdle of Venus. Kant sees those through as a pleasant sensation with joy and smiling. You can see that the difference is that certain beautiful situations can be seen as horror. Kant says that sublime must always be great. It must be simple but the beautiful can be adorned and ornamented. From the reading I can conclude that Kant strived to get his opinion of something being beautiful and something being sublime out. According to him feelings of the beautiful were" occasion a pleasant sensation but one that is joyous and smiling. Feelings of the sublime "arouse enjoyment but with horror”.
In the readings, one of the main points that were similar in both Kant and Emerson’s works was the idea that beauty is based off of one’s own self perception of what beauty really is. In Immanuel Kant’s Observations
Analytical Essay
The readings of Immanuel Kant’s “Observations of Enjoyment” and Ralph Emerson’s pieces titled “Art “ and “ Circles” displayed a kind of similarity between the two very different writers. Throughout my essay you will see just how they are similar and what one would possible think of the others ideas. You see no ideas are necessarily right or wrong ultimately like in life people do not always agree
In “Observations on the Feeling of the Beautiful and Sublime” section one by Immanuel Kant. Immanuel Kant begins with discussing the idea that feeling happy or sad does not come from the nature of external things but more of what a person’s ability to let things make them feel pleasure of pain. He stresses that all people are different. Something that may make someone feel upset can make another happy. Kant then continues to talk about the feeling of the sublime and beautiful. He uses examples to display his opinions.
First he begins to talk about the sight of mountains along with raging storms in which beautiful things enjoyment can be seen as well as horror. On the other hand we can look at grazing flocks and Homers portrayal of the girdle of Venus. Kant sees those through as a pleasant sensation with joy and smiling. You can see that the difference is that certain beautiful situations can be seen as horror. Kant says that sublime must always be great. It must be simple but the beautiful can be adorned and ornamented. From the reading I can conclude that Kant strived to get his opinion of something being beautiful and something being sublime out. According to him feelings of the beautiful were" occasion a pleasant sensation but one that is joyous and smiling. Feelings of the sublime "arouse enjoyment but with horror”.
In the readings, one of the main points that were similar in both Kant and Emerson’s works was the idea that beauty is based off of one’s own self perception of what beauty really is. In Immanuel Kant’s Observations