Observations on the Feeling of the Beautiful and Sublime


Immanuel Kant - 1764
    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.

My Individualism & The Philosophical Foundations of Literature


Natsume Sōseki - 1914
    Soseki Natsume is widely considered the foremost novelist of the Meiji period in Japan.

The Claim of Reason: Wittgenstein, Skepticism, Morality, and Tragedy


Stanley Cavell - 1979
    This handsome new edition of Stanley Cavell's landmark text, first published 20 years ago, provides a new preface that discusses the reception and influence of his work, which occupies a unique niche between philosophy and literary studies.