Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction On Taste
Part One
Section
I. Novelty
II. Pain and Pleasure
III. The Difference between the Removal of Pain and Positive Pleasure
IV. Of Delight and Pleasure, as opposed to each other
V. Joy and Grief
VI. Of the Passions which belong to Self-Preservation
VII. Of the Sublime
VIII. Of the Passions which belong to Society
IX. The Final Cause of the Difference between the Passions belonging to Self-Preservation, and those which regard the Society of the Sexes
X. Of Beauty
XI. Society and Solitude
XII. Sympathy, Imitation, and Ambition
XIII. Sympathy
XIV. The Effects of Sympathy in the Distresses of Others
XV. Of the Effects of Tragedy
XVI. Imitation
XVII. Ambition
XVIII. The Recapitulation
XIX. The Conclusion
Part Two
I. Of the Passion caused by the Sublime
II. Terror
III. Obscurity
IV. Of the Difference between Clearness and Obscurity with regard to the Passions
[IV.] The Same Subject continued
V. Power
VI. Privation
VII. Vastness
VIII. Infinity
IX. Succession and Uniformity
X. Magnitude in Building
XI. Infinity in Pleasing Objects
XII. Difficulty
XIII. Magnificence
XIV. Light
XV. Light in Building
XVI. Color considered as productive of the Sublime
XVII. Sound and Loudness
XVIII. Suddenness
XIX. Intermitting
XX. The Cries of Animals
XXI. Smell and Taste. Bitters and Stenches
XXII. Feeling. Pain
Part Three
I. Of Beauty
II. Proportion not the Cause of Beauty in Vegetables
III. Proportion not the Cause of Beauty in Animals
IV. Proportion not the Cause of Beauty in the Human Species
V. Proportion further considered
VI. Fitness not the Cause of Beauty
VII. The Real Effects of Fitness
VIII. The Recapitulation
IX. Perfection not the Cause of Beauty
X. How far the Idea of Beauty may be applied to the Qualities of the Mind
XI. How far the Idea of Beauty may be applied to Virtue
XII. The Real Cause of Beauty
XIII. Beautiful Objects Small
XIV. Smoothness
XV. Gradual Variation
XVI. Delicacy
XVII. Beauty in Color
XVIII. Recapitulation
XIX. The Physiognomy
XX. The Eye
XXI. Ugliness
XXII. Grace
XXIII. Elegance and Speciousness
XXIV. The Beautiful in Feeling
XXV. The Beautiful in Sounds
XXVI. Taste and Smell
XXVII. The Sublime and Beautiful compared
Part Four
I. Of the Efficient Cause of the Sublime and Beautiful
II. Association
III. Cause of Pain and Fear
IV. Continued
V. How the Sublime is produced
VI. How Pain can be a Cause of Delight
VII. Exercise necessary for the Finer Organs
VIII. Why Things not Dangerous sometimes produce a Passion like Terror
IX. Why Visual Objects of Great Dimensions are Sublime
X. Unity, why requisite to Vastness
XI. The Artificial Infinite
XII. The Vibrations must be Similar
XIII. The Effects of Succession in Visual Objects explained
XIV. Locke's Opinion concerning Darkness, considered
XV. Darkness Terrible in its own Nature
XVI. Why Darkness is Terrible
XVII. The Effects of Blackness
XVIII. The Effects of Blackness moderated
XIX. The Physical Cause of Love
XX. Why Smoothness is Beautiful
XXI. Sweetness, its Nature
XXII. Sweetness relaxing
XXIII. Variation, why Beautiful
XXIV. Concerning Smallness
XXV. Of Color
Part Five
I. Of Words
II. The Common Effect of Poetry, not by raising Ideas of Things
III. General Words before Ideas
IV. The Effect of Words
V. Examples that Words may affect without raising Images
VI. Poetry not strictly an Imitative Art
VII. How Words influence the Passions
