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Lyotard stated that this quality is the "repetition of the new" and that humanity's constant exposure to it is a hallmark of postmodernism. Mental vigor and powerful language are two of the five characteristics of it according to a treatise by the ancient philosopher Longinus. The vastness of pandemonium in Paradise Lost and the wreckage of a ship in a painting by (*) Turner are used as examples of this state in a book that argues this concept is derived from a contemplation of infinity or awe. In response to Edmund Burke, Kant argued that it occurs only when the faculties of contemplation have been overwhelmed. For 10 points, name this aesthetic quality derived from fear that is contrasted with the beautiful.
Lyotard stated that this quality is the "repetition of the new" and that humanity's constant exposure to it is a hallmark of postmodernism.
the sublime