Karl Philipp Moritz (d. 1793) was one of the most innovative writers of the late Enlightenment in Germany. A novelist, travel writer, editor, and teacher he is probably best known today for his autobiographical novel Anton Reiser (1785-90) and for his treatises on aesthetics, foremost among them ber die bildende Nachahmung des Sch nen (On the Formative Imitation of the Beautiful) (1788). In this treatise, Moritz develops the concept of...