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Beautycanbeconsoling,disturbing,sacred,profane;itcanbeexhilarating,appealing,inspiring,chilling.Itcanaffectusinanunlimitedvarietyofways.Yetitisneverviewedwithindifference.InthisVeryShortIntroductiontherenownedphilosop
作者简介
RogerScruton,ResearchProfessor,InstituteforthePsychologicalSciences,Arlington,VirginiaRogerScrutonisresearchProfessorattheInstituteforthePsychologicalSciencesbasedinArlington,Virginia.HispreviousacademicaffiliationshavebeenProfessorofAestheticsatBirkbeckCollege,London,andsubsequentlyProfessorofPhilosophyandUniversityProfessoratBostonUniversity.Hispublishedworksrangefromacademicphilosophy,specialisinginaesthetics,tofiction,andpoliticalandculturalcommentary.TheyincludeOnHunting(1998),AnIntelligentPerson'sGuidetoModernCulture(1998),Spinoza(1998),PerictioneinColophon(2000),andEngland:anElegy(2000).
