Project Gutenberg 2018-10-13 Public domain in the USA. 92 Rydberg, Viktor 1828 1895 Rydberg, Abraham Viktor Rydberg, Victor Rydberg, V. (Viktor) Palola, Eino 1885 1951 Det sköna och dess lagar. Finnish Kaunis ja sen lait Produced by Juhani Kärkkäinen and Tapio Riikonen "Kaunis ja sen lait" by Viktor Rydberg is a philosophical treatise focusing on aesthetics, written in the late 19th century. This work derives from lectures given by Rydberg at the University of Gothenburg in 1881, compiling his thoughts on the nature of art, beauty, and their development through human history. The text delves into the fundamental principles underpinning beauty and aesthetics, suggesting a deep interconnection between art, culture, and human consciousness. The opening portion of the work establishes Rydberg's viewpoint that art and beauty are rooted in a complex interplay of emotional and intellectual currents within humanity. He argues that the essence of art is not random but is intrinsically linked to the development of human thought and aspiration for beauty. At the start, Rydberg emphasizes that humanity's unique capacity for idealism separates it from animals, leading to the creation of art as a conscious pursuit. He posits that as aesthetic impressions evolve through time, they reflect broader cultural and historical contexts, necessitating an understanding of aesthetic judgments in relation to individual and collective human experience. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 16.4 (College graduate level). Very difficult to read. fi Aesthetics Art -- Philosophy BH Text Category: Art Category: Philosophy & Ethics 448584 2025-07-23T07:29:00.703466 text/html 448405 448321 2024-12-24T06:29:42.708636 2023-09-25T05:45:55.558890 text/html text/html 239520 2025-07-23T07:29:07.724416 application/epub+zip 246086 2025-07-23T07:29:03.625412 application/epub+zip 235897 2025-07-23T07:29:02.482420 application/epub+zip 449343 2025-07-23T07:29:11.030384 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 425081 2025-07-23T07:29:06.992401 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 398459 2022-09-26T10:01:47.678892 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 426014 2025-07-23T07:29:00.255419 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 408953 2018-10-13T07:34:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19236 2025-07-23T07:29:11.297363 application/rdf+xml 15488 2025-07-23T07:29:02.998419 image/jpeg 3954 2025-07-23T07:29:02.744412 image/jpeg 155285 2018-10-13T07:34:28 application/octet-stream application/zip 240103 2025-07-23T07:29:00.741435 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 sv.wikipedia en.wikipedia fi.wikipedia fi.wikipedia