ENGL 3251H Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Gordale Scar, Crass

• School: Trent University
• Department: English
• Course: ENGL 3251H
• Professor: Thomas Laughlin

Document Summary

Immanuel kant (cid:862)mi(cid:374)d forg"d (cid:373)a(cid:374)(cid:374)a(cid:272)les(cid:863) william blake innocence and experience intellectual chains based on the crass world of experience (cid:862)state of nature(cid:863) rousseau the way people were before government and society. Values the state of nature as peaceful and innately good. It is kind of hypothetical (as he admits) Immanuel kant, the critique of judgment (1790: german (same time as blake and wordsworth, very philosophical. Beauty vs sublimity // bounded vs unbounded: beauty is a bounded quality it seems to have a purpose in the world. It has been perfectly made to some purpose but that purpose is merely to be itself. Apprehension and comprehension at the limit: the sublime exists where apprehension and comprehension come into conflict, there is a moment where apprehension is to big/much to comprehend, reading a really long ebook. I(cid:374) judgi(cid:374)g a thi(cid:374)g su(cid:271)li(cid:373)e it refers produ(cid:272)e o(cid:374) feeli(cid:374)g(cid:894)(cid:1005)(cid:1005)3(cid:895) The sublime as feeling respect for our mental capacities: testi(cid:374)g o(cid:374)e"s i(cid:373)agi(cid:374)atio(cid:374) a(cid:374)d (cid:373)e(cid:374)tal li(cid:373)its .