What Is Art? · Character
Herbert Spencer
English philosopher whose evolutionary aesthetics are noted.
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Also known as Herbert Spencer, Spencer
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Herbert Spencer shows up with force in Chapter II. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Listed among physiologist-aestheticians who answer the question of beauty in their own way.
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In Chapter II: Listed among physiologist-aestheticians who answer the question of beauty in their own way. Later, in Chapter V: The Infection Theory of Art: Referenced alongside Darwin in the physiological-evolutionary…
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- Referenced thinkers and artists
- Decadent French poets
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