A Philosophical Enquiry into the Sublime and BeautifulEdmund Burke was one of the foremost philosophers of the eighteenth century and wrote widely on aesthetics, politics, and society. In this landmark work, he propounds his theory that the sublime and the beautiful should be regarded as distinct and wholly separate states the first, an experience inspired by fear and awe; the second, an expression of pleasure and serenity. Eloquent and profound, A Philosophical Enquiry into the Sublime and Beautiful is