# Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten — What Is Art? character guide

> Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten in What Is Art? by Leo Tolstoy.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0003-i

## Who they are

German philosopher who coined the term aesthetics.

## In the story

### [Chapter II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/what_is_art_se/chapters/ii)

Mentioned as the founder of aesthetics in 1750, whose definition of beauty remains unresolved.

### [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/what_is_art_se/chapters/vii)

Described as the founder and organizer of the modern science of aesthetics, who gave it a scientific form in 1750.

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