Project Gutenberg 2024-11-24 Public domain in the USA. 161 De Quincey, Thomas 1785 1859 Quincey, Thomas de Quincy, Thomas de Kvinsi, Tomas de DeQuincey, Thomas Fontainas, André 1865 1948 Fontainas, Andre On murder considered as one of the fine arts. French De l'assassinat considéré comme un des Beaux-Arts $aParis :$bMercure de France, $c1901. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Murder_Considered_as_one_of_the_Fine_Arts https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_l%27assassinat_consid%C3%A9r%C3%A9_comme_un_des_beaux-arts Laurent Vogel and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica)) "De l’assassinat considéré comme un des Beaux-Arts" by Thomas De Quincey is a philosophical treatise that reflects on the nature of murder, written in the early 19th century. The work explores the idea of assassination as an art form, examining the aesthetic and moral implications of murder and how society’s view of it can be shaped by artistic principles. This unique perspective suggests that De Quincey is not just interested in the act of killing but also in its representation and critique in terms of taste and aesthetics. At the start of the treatise, De Quincey introduces a fictional society that engages in the discussion and critique of murder as if it were a performance art. He provocatively suggests that viewing murder through an artistic lens can elevate the act to a level that provokes admiration rather than revulsion. The opening portion includes his warning against the moral implications of such a society, asserting his personal virtue while simultaneously dissecting the fascination with homicide. De Quincey's tone mixes irony and intellectual seriousness, setting the stage for a deeper philosophical exploration of the relationship between morality, art, and the human condition. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k54758325 20230402052143quincey 1901 FR Reading ease score: 61.7 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. fr Murder in literature Murder -- England -- History PR Text Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches Category: British Literature Category: Philosophy & Ethics 336630 2025-06-29T12:44:34.738723 text/html 312047 2024-11-24T14:21:15 text/html 302767 2025-06-29T12:44:39.082671 application/epub+zip 304938 2025-06-29T12:44:35.667643 application/epub+zip 239558 2025-06-29T12:44:35.199661 application/epub+zip 519874 2025-06-29T12:44:41.943127 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 496831 2025-06-29T12:44:38.747196 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 305600 2025-06-29T12:44:34.347702 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 285543 2024-11-24T14:21:15 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17295 2025-06-29T12:44:42.079139 application/rdf+xml 15308 2025-06-29T12:44:35.381646 image/jpeg 2809 2025-06-29T12:44:35.288658 image/jpeg 263758 2025-06-29T12:44:34.771641 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 en.wikipedia fr.wikipedia