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3. Hume and the Standard of Taste

Aesthetics and Philosophy of Art lectures

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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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