Kant’s "Sublime" Aesthetic Theory Research

Kant’s "sublime" theory has always played a very important position in the history of Western aesthetics. This is reflected in his predecessors’ theory of "Sublime" general summary, development innovation, and far-reaching influence on later "sublime" aesthetics.From Longinus the first time put forward the concept of " Sublime " to rhetoric areas," Sublime " of the aesthetic categories have been given new meaning and interpretation. Addison as we know, winkelmann, Burke aesthetic ideas about everyone on the aesthetics category of "Sublime" illustrates there theory point of view, and these views for Kant’s Sublime analysis theory of the formation of more or less, the influence of the " Sublime " of Kant aesthetics thought affects the deepest is the Burke. Burke’s " Sublime " characteristics and psychological mechanism has an immediate impact, about Kant’s Sublime theory."Sublime" is the backbone of Kant’s Aesthetics:inevitable-the United States-part of the sublime-an integral part of freedom. Therefore, the correct grasp of Kant’s "sublime" aesthetic ideas, have a vital role for us to capture the overall philosophy of Kant’s aesthetic ideas and even Kant. Kant’s lofty aesthetic thoughts mainly from beauty and the sublime relationship started to discuss, after comparison, the division is overlaid the sublime into two types of the mathematicl sublime and dynamical sublime, these two types is the main content of Kant’s sublime aesthetic thought, also is this paper’s main content.)This paper mainly from the origin of the sublime, and the paper is divided into three chapters:Chapter One:the origin and development of the "sublime". This chapter focuses on the origin and development of the "sublime" thought the causes me start from the "sublime","sublime" first proposed to Kant’s "sublime" Aesthetic Thinking in the middle of some of the major noble ideas analysis a general combing and brief. Which Longinus, Addison, Burke, Winkelmann aesthetics. The purpose of this chapter is to elicit Chapter Ⅱ:Kant’s "sublime" analytics.Chapter Two:Kant’s analysis of the sublime theory. This chapter focuses on Kant specific analysis, this chapter is the main part of this paper and focus on the aesthetic ideas of the "sublime". A general exposition from the beauty and the sublime relationship leads to Kant, on this basis, why not follow the method of analysis, but the "sublime" is divided into the two categories of "mathematical sublime" and "mechanical sublime" the reasons for the mathematical sublime and dynamical sublime "to be discussed in detail, which is mainly together with their own understanding of Kant’s" sublime "analytics make a careful study of the original texts of Kant analytical and research.Chapter Three:Kant’s "sublime" aesthetic theory. This chapter discusses the impact of Kant’s "sublime" on a lot of things we can learn from Kant scholarship, the first part of this chapter for this convenience made some discussion, this is also a lot of people did not mention the. next to the of Kant "sublime" future generations "sublime" theory, Aesthetics Thoughts of Schiller’s "sublime" and Lyotard’s "sublime" the main content of the aesthetic theory summarized revealed.The conclusion part points out that the disadvantages of the paper and subsequent development.