Project Gutenberg 2013-08-16 Public domain in the USA. 140 McDowall, Stewart Andrew 1882 1935 20018185 Beauty and the Beast: An Essay in Evolutionary Aesthetic Produced by Chris Curnow, Paul Clark and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Beauty and the Beast: An Essay in Evolutionary Aesthetic" by Stewart Andrew McDowall is a philosophical treatise written in the early 20th century. The work delves into the relationship between beauty and the natural world, proposing that beauty serves as a bridge to understanding deeper truths about reality, personal relationships, and the divine. McDowall's exploration offers a framework for examining aesthetic experiences and their implications for understanding love and God. The opening of the essay establishes McDowall’s intent to rethink traditional aesthetic philosophies, particularly emphasizing the importance of beauty as an integral part of human experience and existence. He introduces the idea that the perception of beauty arises from interactions with the natural world and explores historical perspectives on beauty, noting how philosophers and artists have struggled to capture its essence. Furthermore, the text hints at the connection between beauty and personal relationships, positing that beauty is intertwined with love and thus plays a crucial role in the evolution of the human spirit and understanding of God. This lays the groundwork for a more comprehensive examination of beauty's place in both evolution and spirituality throughout the essay. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 57.6 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. en Aesthetics BH Text Category: Philosophy & Ethics Category: Religion/Spirituality 198368 2025-08-17T13:21:26.789008 text/html 177128 2024-10-23T17:52:43 text/html 177231 2025-08-17T13:21:34.018034 application/epub+zip 178023 2025-08-17T13:21:30.490970 application/epub+zip 135444 2025-08-17T13:21:29.125960 application/epub+zip 413498 2025-08-17T13:21:36.516925 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 393606 2025-08-17T13:21:33.122052 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 235659 2022-09-19T19:47:07.316168 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 172840 2025-08-17T13:21:26.368050 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 152769 2024-10-23T17:52:43 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16065 2025-08-17T13:21:36.645940 application/rdf+xml 23465 2025-08-17T13:21:29.648059 image/jpeg 4945 2025-08-17T13:21:29.394980 image/jpeg 174258 2025-08-17T13:21:26.807012 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog