Produced by Ruth Hart [Note: for this online edition I have moved the Table of Contents to the beginning of the text and slightly modified it to conform with the online format. I have also made one spelling change: "ominiscient intelligence" to "omniscient intelligence".] THE SENSE OF BEAUTY BEING THE OUTLINES OF AESTHETIC THEORY by GEORGE SANTAYANA CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS NEW YORK CHICAGO BOSTON COPYRIGHT, 1896, BY CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS Printed in the United States of America CONTENTS Preface Introduction -- The Methods of Aesthetics 1-13 Part I. -- The Nature of Beauty Sec. 1. The philosophy of beauty is a theory of values 14 Sec. 2. Preference is ultimately irrational 18 Sec. 3. Contrast between moral and aesthetic values 28 Sec. 4. Work and play 25 Sec. 5. All values are in one sense aesthetic 28 Sec. 6. Aesthetic consecration of general principles 31 Sec. 7. Contrast of aesthetic and physical pleasures 35 Sec. 8. The differentia of aesthetic pleasure not its disinterestedness 37 Sec. 9. The differentia of aesthetic pleasure not its universality 40 Sec. 10. The differential of aesthetic pleasure: its objectification 44 Sec. 11. The definition of beauty 49 Part II. -- The Materials of Beauty Sec. 12. All human functions may contribute to the sense of beauty 53 Sec. 13. The influence of the passion of love 56 Sec. 14. Social instincts and their aesthetic influence 62 Sec. 15. The lower senses 65 Sec. 16. Sound 68 Sec. 17. Colour 72 Sec. 18. Materials surveyed 76