Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Note on the Texts ix
5. Introduction 1
6. Is the Beauty of the Body a Herald of the Beauty of the Soul? 31
7. A Monument to Baumgarten 41
8. Critical Forests, or Reflections on the Art and Science of the Beautiful 51
9. Critical Forests 177
10. Shakespeare 291
11. The Causes of Sunken Taste among the Different Peoples in Whom It Once Blossomed 308
12. On the Influence of the Belles Lettres on the Higher Sciences 335
13. Does Painting or Music Have a Greater Effect? 347
14. On Image, Poetry, and Fable 357
15. Editor’s Notes 383
16. Bibliography 445
17. Index 449