<!doctype html public «-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en»> http-equiv=content-type> At the heart of Hegel’s Aesthetics is the idea of the beautiful as unity. This unity turns fragile once the mind's self-awareness becomes conceptual and extends beyond sensory illusion. Focusing the philosophy of art on the idea of the beautiful raises a set of systematic problems, which are discussed in this volume with regard to Hegel’s Aesthetics, its historical contexts, and its reception.
