The Earl of Shaftesbury argued that this concept is imbued in the Earth by an "angelic spirit" since the Earth is both a "Mansion-Globe" and "Man-Container." Noble diction and elevated composition are said to comprise this quality in the first known treatise on it, which was written by Longinus (lon-JAHY-nus). Immanuel Kant argued that this concept is possibly "formless," "counter-purposive" and does "violence" to the senses in a set of (*) "Observations" partly named for it. Arthur Schopenhauer (SHOW-pen-HOW-ur) claims that the "weakest feeling" of this quality was caused by nonthreatening objects devoid of life, like light reflected off stones, while its "fullest feeling" was caused by oneness with Nature. Accordi
The Earl of Shaftesbury argued that this concept is imbued in the Earth by an "angelic spirit" since the Earth is both a "Mansion-Globe" and "Man-Container." Noble diction and elevated composition are said to comprise this quality in the first known treatise on it, which was written by Longinus (lon-JAHY-nus). Immanuel Kant argued that this concept is possibly "formless," "counter-purposive" and does "violence" to the senses in a set of (*) "Observations" partly named for it. Arthur Schopenhauer (SHOW-pen-HOW-ur) claims that the "weakest feeling" of this quality was caused by nonthreatening objects devoid of life, like light reflected off stones, while its "fullest feeling" was caused by oneness with Nature. According to Edmund Burke, this subject causes "negative pain" due to a combination of fear and delight. For 10 points, name this quality contrasted with the beautiful.
The Earl of Shaftesbury argued that this concept is imbued in the Earth by an "angelic spirit" since the Earth is both a "Mansion-Globe" and "Man-Container."