In order that the former impression could occur to us in due strength, we must have *a feeling of the sublime*, and, in order to enjoy the latter well, *a feeling of the beautiful*. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Observations on the Feeling of the Beautiful and Sublime by Immanuel Kant (2004, Trade Paperback) at the best online prices at eBay! When originally published in 1960, this was the first complete English translation since 1799 of Kant's early work on aesthetics. TRANSLATOR'S INTRODUCTION. Night is sublime; day is beautiful. Observations on the Feeling of the Beautiful and Sublime and Other Writings is an important collection of eight different Kantian texts from the 1760s, chosen primarily to highlight the development of his ethical theory and anthropology. The first complete translation into English was published in 1799. A decidedly lighthearted work, Observations is filled with witty observations on the manners, mores, and sentiments of the age. Kant's only aesthetic work apart from the "Critique of Judgment, "Observations on the Feeling of the Beautiful and Sublime gives the reader a sense of the personality and character of its author as he sifts through the range of human responses to the concept of beauty and human manifestations of the beautiful and sublime. According to Zammito, Observations on the Feeling of the Beautiful and the Sublime (1764) is the work that best represents this 'altogether different' Kant. More literary than philosophical, Observations shows Kant as a man of feeling rather than the dry thinker he often seemed to readers of the three Critiques. Tall oaks and lonely shadows in a sacred grove are sublime; flower beds, low hedges and trees trimmed in figures are beautiful. Observations on the Feeling of the Beautiful and Sublime (German: Beobachtungen über das Gefühl des Schönen und Erhabenen) is a 1764 book by Immanuel Kant.. Kant's little book Observations on the Feeling of the Beautiful and Sublime was submitted to the Dean of the University of Königsberg for approval of publication on October 8, 1763, and its first edition was published in Königsberg by Johann Jacob Kanter with the date of 1764. The second was published in 1960 by the University of California Press. Free shipping for many products! Kant's only aesthetic work apart from the Critique of Judgment, Observations on the Feeling of the Beautiful and Sublime gives the reader a sense of the personality and character of its author as he sifts through the range of human responses to the concept of beauty and human manifestations of the beautiful and sublime. Observations on the Feeling of the Beautiful and Sublime (Beobachtungen über das Gefühl des Schönen und Erhabenen) (1764) is an early treatise on aesthetics by 18th century German philosopher Immanuel Kant.These observations function as basis for his Critique of Judgment (1790).