Chapter I: Introduction: 5

LETTERS ON THE ÆSTHETICAL EDUCATION OF MAN 33

ÆSTHETICAL ESSAYS:—

THE MORAL UTILITY OF ÆSTHETIC MANNERS 126

ON THE SUBLIME 135

THE PATHETIC 149

ON GRACE AND DIGNITY 175

ON DIGNITY 211

ON THE NECESSARY LIMITATIONS IN THE USE OF BEAUTY AND FORM 230

REFLECTIONS ON THE USE OF THE VULGAR AND LOW ELEMENTS IN
WORKS OF ART 254

DETACHED REFLECTIONS ON DIFFERENT QUESTIONS OF ÆSTHETICS 261

ON SIMPLE AND SENTIMENTAL POETRY 269

THE STAGE AS A MORAL INSTITUTION 339

ON THE TRAGIC ART 346

OF THE CAUSE OF THE PLEASURE WE DERIVE FROM TRAGIC OBJECTS 367

SCHILLER’S PHILOSOPHICAL LETTERS:—

PREFATORY REMARKS 379

THEOSOPHY OF JULIUS 387

ON THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE ANIMAL AND THE SPIRITUAL
NATURE IN MAN 406

PHYSICAL CONNECTION 408

PHILOSOPHICAL CONNECTION 415