Experiments, nature and aesthetic experience in the eighteenth century

British Journal of Aesthetics

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 305-322

  Rueger, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

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EID: 37349059087     PISSN: 00070904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjaesthetics/37.4.305     Document Type: Review

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