Beauty: A Very Short Introduction

by Roger Scruton

Book Overview

Beauty can be consoling, disturbing, sacred, profane; it can be exhilarating, appealing, inspiring, chilling. It can affect us in an unlimited variety of ways. Yet it is never viewed with indifference. In this Very Short Introduction, the renowned philosopher Roger Scruton explores the concept of beauty, asking what makes an object--either in art, in nature, or the human form--beautiful, and examining how we can compare differing judgments of beauty...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B00RP4PYFK
• ISBN13: 9780199229758
• Release Date: April 2011
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.39 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 4.4" x 6.9"