
3. Hume and the Standard of Taste
Aesthetics and Philosophy of Art lectures
Hume's Argument on the Nature of Beauty
They discuss Hume's views on beauty and the sentiment it evokes. Hume argues that beauty is not a property of the object itself, but rather lies in the sentiment of the person observing it. They explore Hume's claim that beauty is mistakenly believed to be a property of the object itself, when in fact it is a calm sentiment that we project onto the object.
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