[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".] 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 disinterestednes…
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