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The aesthetic as the science of expression and of the linguistic in general

by Benedetto Croce, Colin Lyas

A new translation of a 1902 work on aesthetics and linguistics, presenting a systematic general theory of the human mind and the organic unity of art. It serves as a key text for the philosophy of art and the history of criticism.

Accession 4185 ISBN 0521359961 Publisher Cambridge University Press
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