Vorschule der Aesthetik - nebst einigen Vorlesungen in Leipzig über die Parteien der Zeit

The first edition of the Primary Course in Aesthetics was published in 1804 as Jean Paul’s personal record of his theory of art. In it, he defines his approach to aesthetics in contradistinction to contemporary aesthetic philosophies and as it applies to his own work. This edition compares the first version with the largely expanded second edition (1813), and includes Some addenda to the Introduction to Aesthetics, published in 1825.


Florian Bambeck, Universität Würzburg.