Diotima's children [electronic resource] : German aesthetic rationalism from Leibniz to Lessing / Frederick C. Beiser. Beiser, Frederick C., 1949- Aesthetics, German 17th century. Aesthetics, German 18th century. Rationalism. BH221.G32 700.1 22 Includes bibliographical references and index. Description based on print version record. This text presents a comprehensive re-examination of the rationalist tradition of aesthetics as it prevailed in Germany in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. This tradition is of the greatest historical importance because it gave birth to modern aesthetics, art criticism, and art history. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2009. 2009. 2009 Text 1 online resource (x, 295 p.) http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199573011.001.0001 eng