Hegel's Aesthetics

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AESTilETICS
LECTt:R[OS N FINF ART
BY
G. WF..H EGI:L
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TRANSLATOR'PSR EFACE
HEGELl'esc tounrA eess thheatvileco snb ge erne gdaerads t he
mosattr tactoifav lel ltehcetw uhriewcseh r peu bliasfhtheeidrs
deamtahi,n ly fromm atdrbeaym n esmcbreoirfhps ita ssu dience.
Thegirre sattr enagntdih n telrienesostit n t hemiari pnh ilo­
sopahlai nchdi stotrhiecsbaiulist n, wchoants ttihtbeuut loeksf
thetsweov olumneasm,et lhyee x ampalneidsl lautsitdorrnasw n
froImn dPiear,s Eigay,pG tr,e ecet,h meao ndrdenw orld,i n and
Hegeclo'msm eonntt hsdi est Tahielcs.oe m meonnat rspt e,r haps
espaelcloiynp aintainndlg i ter,ma utsubtre ef sacinattoai ng
studeanrtht o,ow fe mvuecrhh e m ayw isthod issfernotm them.
Consueeqntallyt,h oHuegghep lr ofetsobs eel se ctuornti hneg
phiplhoyos foF inAer ta,n da lthotuhglehe cthuarveaesp hilo­
sophibcaaclk gr(oeuxnpdl eixcpirtelhsyres eea dn dt heraen,d
especiinPa alrIlt)yi , it ls o voefra sra tn hdi stoorfai ratn sw hom
primatrhielyy otuoig nhtte r(ePsrto.f espshiiolnoaslao lp­hers
readyt hhdear vbyeo noefHs e geplh'isl oosfoa prith§n y§5 56-63
ofh iEsn ycclpoaedioaft hPeh iplhocsiaoSlc ie-nEcnegts.r b.y
W.W allianHc egee lP'hsi plhooysf Mo indI.fa)r eafidnedrp so tisn
laboured with atneiddhf ie io asun sn opbyryero del piextiittyi,o ns,
hem usrte memtbhehareth aisnf roonfht i smo mtehicnogm posed
mainflryo tmr anscorfli epcttsua rnedns o,t somwehtihcihn g
Heghealhd i msperlefp afroperud b lication.
Apafrortm t heir phiblaocsokougpnrhtdih,lce ea clt huarvees
ah istofrarimceawlo( rSky mbolic,a nCdRl oamsasnAitrcitac)l ,
whicmahy b ed isputesapbelceib,ae lclayHu esgese aly hsi mself
thaetl emeonftt hsle a tfeorr masp peiantr h eea rlievri caen d
verBsuawt.h aitss t miolrlde i fficiuHsle tg emla'itsnh esis that not
onlhyaa sr atm eanibnutgth atc awnneo ws taitnpe l apirno se
what thati sTm.he aatn hiaanrsgmt e aa nianntgdh aitrt e veals
something toruaernv secreyendxdapiyen rgmi aeynb ecg er taend.
Butw hatth at meaanndri envge liastc iaonnnb,oe et x pressed
othertwhiabsnyet hweo rokfa ritt sBeylp fr.o fetsose ixntrga ct
thmee aniHnegge,l b oiusnt doc oncltuhdaaetr i tn t hlea st
resiossru tp erflIufao,shu ets h.i nRkosm,a natrhitac ts h deo ctrines
oft hCeh risrteilainag sii otcnso nttehnett,nh easreke n own
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indnedpeentalryat n,otd fh eeixrp rebsysa iriotsun n nescaersy
AlthoHuegghe l feedlti hda at n ewa rtidsetviecl opwmase nt
herailndG eedr mabnyGy o etahneSd c lhlitehri,s ndosotee esm
to hsahvaekh eicnso nvitchta'itaof rnotu r si s a thpiansgt 'o.f the
Hiastt emptto,w atrhdeesn odfv oilt,.os hotwh aatri tas tf earl l
necesmsaayr ysw eeeamHk e.d ieidn1 83a1n dd,e sptihctele o sing
senteonfhc iIesn troduhceht aindoo in n,k litnhgwe o onfd erful
effloresocfEe unrcoep Aeraitnn t hree maionftd henrei neteenth
centuIrfhy eh. a wdr itatc eenn tluartyhe irps e ssimmiigshmt
havbee emno rjeu stifiable.
Thelseec twuerreeeds i btyeH d.G .H otahnoad p peafroterhd e
firstti me iinnt h1r8ve3oe5l uomfeH se geclo'lsl ewcotrekAds .
secoannddr eviesdeidta ipopne ared Hiont hmo1a8't4se2 r.i als
werseo moefH egeolw'nms a nuscrifpothr i nlsoe tcetasun rde s
transocfrh iilpset cst iun1r 8e2s13 8,2a 6n,1d 8 28--9. HTohtehsoe
workiendta wo h owliet ghr esaktiH lekl e.p atsc loasspe o ssible
toH egehle, sbauyhtsi ,as i wma tso p rodauc coen tintueoxuts,
antdh miesa ntsh awtec annboest u riend etwahielt shoemroe f
the phraisshe io(slr oagttyhh earn Heogre lw'hsei)tn,hc eorn ­
sisteanrdceui teeos H egeclh'asn ogfme isn adf t1e8r2. 3
In1 93G1e oLrags sboeng taonp ublwihsawhta tso b ea c om­
pletneelwey d itoifto hnle e ctuOrweisntg.oh idse atthhfi,er st
voluDmiee, uIndeddea Isd le(a Leip1z9i3gh1,a) nd,o s uccessor.
Itc ontwahianitsnt htirsa nsilsa tItinhotner odauncPdta irotn I.
Lassodne'swsia rse ptroe servpeo sesvwieobrrlyode fH ege;l 's
he was diwsitsha thiwerhs eafigtea dra dsHe ohdto m'osd ifications
of Heigspeils'svsie mraHb iabs.o o(kr efetrobr eeldo w and else­
wheraes' Lassiosbn a's)pe rdi maorni lraye produocftt hieo n
182l6e ctusruepsp,l emoecnctaesdib oyn atlholofy1s 28e3, a nd
frqeuenbtyle yx trfarcotHmso thpor'isn etdeidt Iitdo one.s pro­
vidseo me mawtheirHciohat lhh aood m itatneIddh ,a vien cluded
inf ootsno ontoeert weox trfarcotimstI .nt hmea ihno,w evtehre,
impreslseoifntot nh mei nbdy t hibso oikst haHto tho hidsi d
worbkr illiantly.
Lass(op3n. 9 3l)a mentthefeda tchta Gtl ockhnaeidrn cluded
Hotho'esd ifitraisnotdnn o,tt h see coinnhd i,rs e proiftn hte
collweocrtkeTsdh. id se termmietn ome adk teh tirsa nsflraotmi on
Hothsoe'csoe nddi tTihoiensd. i tiissoc na rbcuietht, a nso wb een
repri(nBrteleaidnn d We2iv moal,r1 s,9. 6e5d)i,bt yeF d.B assenge
whoh amsa dseo mael teraantpdir oonvsia dt erduml ayg nificent
TRANSLATOWS PREFACE vii
indteoxw hicIah m m ucihn debAtbeoduh.ti t se xhto,w evIe r,
havseo mmei sgivHienn egvsie.nr d ichaidtsee psa rftruortmehs e
texotfH othsoe'cso enddi tainosdno metievmeepnsr ienrtrso rs
in thfier setd itailotnh otuhgewhye rceo rreicntt hesede cond.
Andw hihleed oecso rrseocmtoe f t hmei spriintn htsese cond
edithieod no,en so cto rrtehcetam l Flo.ra n a mplbei bliography
ofe ditainodnt sr ansloaftt hieolsneesc tuarnedos fs, t udoine s
thesme,He eg el-iSent5 u( Bdon1n69,9 p)p,3. 7 492-7.
These lweecrtfieur rstetrs a nsblyaC the.Bd e na(r5dv ols.,
Pari14-s8,o -5A2l)t.h ohuego hm istosm dei fficpualsts ahgiess ,
versiisfo ani tahnfdou flt ielnl uminIaa tmii nndg e.b ttoi t.
Ic annsoatsy o m ucfho trh meo rree ceFnrte ntcrha nslbayt ion
S.J ankele(v4vi otlcPsha. r,i 1s9,4 b4e)c,a uwshiesl oe moef
Benarodm'iss sairomena sd geo od, atrhfeer reeos nhe Tsh.e
transrleastootrrot oos f tteon paraapnhdri angs een,e hriasl
versiisto onfo r eteob ef aitthofH uelg eEln.g ltirsahn slations
begawni tWh. M .B ryawnhto p rodu(cNeedYw o rk1,78 9)
a transloafPt airoItnIo ft hlee ctupraerstf,lr yoB me nard's
Frenacnhpd,a rftrloyHm o thsso e'c oenddi tHiiowsno .r iksn ot
tob ed espise1d09.5B oIsna nqpuuebtl ias threadn sloaft ion
HegeIln'tsr oduscutpieorns,ae pdairntgti raaln slbayWt i.o n
Hast(i1e8 8T6h)ii.ssa m odetlr ansloafHt eigoeanln di th as
valuafboloet nAo ctoemsp.l Eentgel tirsahn slwaatmsi aodfneo r
thfier stti mbeyF .P .B .O smas(t4vo onl Lso.n,d o1n9,-1 z6o).
Mya ihma bse etnos uperOssemdaes tvoenr'ssHi eos ne.e tmos
met oh avmea dael arnguem boefrm istaaknedts oh avbee en
quiutnen ecesvsearrbioMlsoyer .e otvheerar reoe d ditei.egs.,
'modePrlna tofnoiNrse tos-'P lataonnwdih seHtnes g,me eln tions
mediepvoarlt rwaedi otn so etx petcofit n dt hedme scraisb ed
'portorfma iidtdsl em-eanga'en,dwd e m ayb es urprtiors eeadd
ofA rios'troa'gRsi onlga onrd' 't hceo rrespoonfHd oernaccee '.
HowevIe lri,iv nea g lahsosu saen,md y o wnv ersciaonnnb oet
beyocnadv il. hIafv peoa trhaeprhtsro amosu ecdhI ,m ayh ave
paraphtroalosi etdt lseo,m meaa nytd h itnhkaI to ugthoth ave
presemrovroeefdH otho'st hiaIthn aa lviec.s IEh rarvdoeor usb t­
lemsasd eb,uI th avneo otm itatneydt hsiofn agar,sI k noAwt.
timmeysE nglmiasybh e m orHee geltihaann febleiccaioutfso eu s,
myw isthob ef aitthoHf euglae nltd ob ea sl itaespr oasls ible; and
wherHee gel's elnetahtduomss i ixaemsdem t aphIoh rasvn,eo t
unmixtehde m.
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Altlh feo otnaontedev se,r yitnhs iqnugab rrea ciknet thtsee xt,
arteh ter anslator's.
Theraern eo n otteoss p eoafki ne itthheGere rmtaenx otrs
thFer entcrha nslbautBtia osnsse,ni gnedd'eosxe psr ovsiodmee
materfioaarnl n otaOtsimoans.ht aonsno tebsu,ta l tlo oof ten
theayr eei tuhnenre ceosrsw arroyno,gru , n intelMlyio gwinb le.
notweiscl olm ienf ocrr itiIck insomtw.h asto moeft hemmu st
bea mateuwrhiestrhhes e u bjmeactttei rbs e yotnhdse c oopfme y
scholaTrhseph eirps.on noataleu diinb alf ee owf t hemmu sbte
pudto wtno m yo ccasnieoenfdao lsr o mree liOenfec. r iwtiilcl
compltahiatnth earrete o moa nnyo tewsh,ia lneo twhieclrol m ­
platihnat th earrete o foe wT.h ef ormcerri mtuiscrt e fletchta t
noetv erycoancnel a(iImc ertaciannlntyoo th )a vaeth icso m­
mantdh rea nogfke n owleevdigdee inntc heedls eec tuarnsedos ,,
e.gt.h,ne o toensG reeakn dL atliint ersautpuerrefl,tu oao us
classscihcoamllaa ynr o,bt e u nwelctooam neo twhheorse ex per­
tiisse diffWeirttehhn leta .t ctreirIt h iacvm eu cshy mpaftohry ,
whiIlh ea vter iteoid d enatliHlfe yg erle'fse resnocmheeas v,e
escampee.Md o reovwehrai,tsr equiarnedid ti, sn oc redtio t
Germasnc holatrhsaihttih pa sn oty ebte efno rthcoimsi ng,
annotattopi loaHnce eg edli'ssc uisnst ihcoeon n toefax ets thetic
discusbsyhi iocsno sn tempoarnadir mimeesd isaetneia onrtds o,
idenftaimrfyo roefh iasl lusiGoenrsm latinot ertahtaIunh r aev e
beeanb lteod o.
Whatetvhedere ficieinnmc yin eost tesh,ew yo ulhda ve been
multiipIflh iaenddo hta tdh hee lopfm ansyc howlhaohr asv seo
generocoumstelom y y a id. orOt nwaeor mee ntiionnt ehndeo tes,
buIta me speciinadlelbtytoM e rdH. u ntinCgatiorPnnr so,f essors
B.A shmoAl.Je .,B eatCt.iT e.C, a rKr.,J .D oveEr.H, . G om­
briTc.h ,L B.W. e bstWe.Wr i,t taen,Td .E .W right.
Myd ebitsg reattoeP srto feWsisttoenr,o otn lfyon ro tbeust
alfsoohr e lipnm anpya ssoafgt ehtser anslFaotorit ohpnea.rs sages
inv oil .aI mi ndebatletsdooM rT.. J .R eeodfS tJ.o hnC'osl lege,
Oxfowrhdo,w enotv esre vepraaglwe ist mhe ticuclaorauens d
savmeedf romma nmyi stakes.
Alelr raonrds faiintl hunero etasen std h ter anslaartetob i eo n
latiodm yc haragleo Anletl.h essceh oalrageru si ltless.
Hegetle'rsm inohloowgeyvf,eo rr bididspi rnegc,ai nsdre i gid
inh ilsa tpeurb liwsohrektdsh ,o ungohht e rTeh.o sweh ot akteh e
troutbolu en dersittha anvdle i tdtilffiec uilntf yo llohwiisn g
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thougBhutit.dt o ecsr efaotrem iddaibffilceu flotarit ersa nslator.
Somdea yp,e rhasposm,e ownheot hiniknEs n glwiisrlhel - think
Hegeplh'isl osaonipdth tsye rminaonlpdou gitayt l iln Etnog lish­
ifin deietbd ep osstiobp luietn talo a ngufargaemb eyad n fdo r
empiriwchiaHstem g ceall 'lssp ecuil.arteei.av plehl'iy,l osophical,
thinkinugn-tbtiuhltad ,ta c yo messo,ma et temmupstbt em ade
toa cceapntdt heenx plHaeigne tle'rsm inaonldto hgoeyu tlook
expreisnsi etTd.h ereftohrfeeo llonwoitnoegns ( aH)e gel's
fundameonuttallao no(dkb ,s) o moefh itse ramnstd h etirra nsla­
tiomna,ya ssair seta duenrf amwiiltihhaiw rso rIkti.us n fortunate
thahtio sw ni ntrodpuacstsoaargryse eoso ftoebns cubreec,a use
mantyh inmgesn tiionnt ehdea mr cel arbiyfit ehedex ampalneds
illustwrhaitfciohol nlso w.
(aH)e geplh'isl osioasfp ohryom fi deaslmi(.T eromfst uesne d
int hter anslaariteti aolni cizIenhd i vshi eerwweh,.a i)tsu lti­
materleya( lo ri,nh itse rminowlhoaigtsay c,t uiastl h)se e lf­
knowisnpgi riti.ns o tTtodh einsry el aittoty h weo rilnwd h iwceh
liovret oo urselsveenss buaeosiu nbsgu sta,,l thougahr rete haels,e
theayrn eo tt,a kienan n bdy t hemsealcvteuWsah,la i.tas c tisu al
notth ree ablu,tt h ied eaanlHd,e geplo'ismn itg bhetp uti,nh is
ownp aradomxaincnaeblry s, a yitnhgat thi ed eiasml o rree ally
retahla tnhr ee aTlh.ei deiatslh sey nthoefcs oinsc aenprdte ality,
ori,na rotfm, e anianngd sThhaipssey .n thise wshiaHste gceall ls
thIed e'aT.h Ied eeax isitnes netn sfiobrlimest hIed eail.,e .
beauwthyi,c iht sieslt fr uitmhp liciRt.'G .M (uGr.e T:h e
Phoislopyh ofH egeLlo,n do1n9,6 p5.,r 85A) d.e formmaenid s
reablu,tb ,e idnegf ormisen do,at n a dequ'aetmeb odiomre nt'
'realiozr'a etxiiosnot'fte hnCeco en'c oerep sts ennattiuoarflme a n,
andt hereifsno or'tea ctHueagle'Il.d' esia su ltimately derived
frotmh Pel ato'nfiocro mr'' i debaui'tt,d iffefrrsoP ml atboy' s
beianc go mbinoafct oinocnwe iptrthe alIitit nsyo j.tu asnt' ideal',
becauassHe e,g ewlo ulsda yi,ti sn osto i mpotaesnn otat l so
toe xist.
Thec omplceotrer espoonfcd oenncceepr te aalinnisdot ttyob e
fouanndy whiennr aet uorree v,e innh umabne inignss of aars
theayrb eo dioerss e nsuboeuisn gsi.bs e Tchaitushs ieen xgtse rnal
too nea notchaenrn cootm plectoerlrye swpiotcnhod n ceoprt s
categwohriiceahss, t hougfhotrsam, w holien terinnatlelry­
connecIttie swd h.e mna nm'isn hda rsi steosn e lf-consciousness
ass pitrhiaittns piarniidtt p sr oductthioeop npso sibteitownese n
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univearnspdaa lr tiscuubljaaernc,odt b jeicdtea,an lrd e adli,v ine
andhu maanr,ue l timarteecloyn icnai c leodn cruentietK yn.o w­
ledagnefd a mcaty a,tt hien tellleecvotefnul aa tlu srcaile bnec e,
opposteood n aen otahsue nri vetrops aarlt ibcuutl,ar ,w hen the
facktn owinsm an'ssp iristeulkafnl,o waenrdk nowbne come
au niitnwy h icthhde i fferbeentcweet ehtnew io sn oetx punged
burte taainnmdee did taeodrr econciled.
Iti si mporttoan nott itcheat tho en ees senrtoiutatolme a n's
knowleodfhg iem seslpfi irsti htr ohuigkshn owleodfwg hea t
as
iso thtehrah nit sr usee lif.t,eh .r okungohw leadngedex perience
ofl iviinwn hga itos p potsoiht ieam s m an( ii.nen .a tuorroe p)p o­
sitteoh ima sa ni ndiv(iid.uueal.lt imaitnte hlseyt ,a taen)d,
throbuegihrn egfl ebcatceikdn t hoi msoeulotff t hiosp posoirt e
objeHcetg.ie fslo nodft hmiest apThhoeer y.de o enso ste iet self
excetphtr oiutgrshe flecitnai m oinr rCoorn.s ciobuescnoemsess
awaroefi tsbeylb fe ianwga orfeo bjeacntdts h ebnyb eirneg­
flectbeadci kn tiot sferlotfmh em.
Theb ackgroofua nltdlh iiss t heolo(gwihcaatlme avyeb re
thouogfhH te getlh'eso lAotgfi yr)sG:to dt hintkhtseh ougohrt s
conceptsp awrhtiicchuo,lrg a irvieezmneb do,d iomrse hnta pe, are
natuarnmeda nI.nc omitnokg n ow tchoensceem patncs o,m es to
knohwi osw ne sseanncsdeo t oc onsciooufhs inmessaesssl efl f­
conscainosdue sl f-ksnpoiwTrihinitgis. sa tt hsea mtei maec on­
sciousonfbe esisun ngi tweidtG ho di na concruentietn yo,t
vanisihnhe idma sh appeancsc,o rtdoHi engge iln'tse rpretation,
ins omEea streerlni gions.
Thilso gico-thperoolcioesfigs gisuc raalit nte hdce h aracteris­
tiocfsr eliwghiiocHnhe greelg aarspd esc ulCiharrilsyGt oida,n :
thien finsiptieri isst p,io rnilbtye cahuesp ea rticuolrea mr­izes
bodies ihnai m masn(e tlhIfen carnatmiaonhn,e)e .n dAuasrl els
thpea ionfsa ne artlholetyv, e unn ttoh 'ei nfignriitoeefft 'h e
Crucifibxuihtoe in sr, a ifsreoddm e aitnth h Ree surreacntdi on,
then elteogv laoitrnety dh A es censBieofnot.rh eie n finsiptier it
cacno mmuwniet h aists speiilrtfmi uts bte coemmeb odoire d
particuilnta hrfiein zietde , tehnpeda uiornfes elf-diremption
(thhaer shonfte hsfiesn istpei rdieta'tashn )td,h eann,od n ltyh en,
ritsobe e isnegl f-coannsidcn ifionsuipsti er it.
Frotmh iiftso lltohwatsth n ee gattihfivene i,at ste h oep posite
mdc ancelolfta htiein ofinn iisatn ee,c esfsaacrotyro' rm oment'
int hien finsiptieir tistTe hlefI .n carniasnt eicoens Isnao rryd.e r