CHAPTER I

THE NOTION OF THE BEAUTIFUL IN GENERAL

1. The Idea

[(_a_) The Idea is concrete, not abstract

(_b_) Objectivity is the real existence of the notion, and the means whereby it is actualized

(_c_) The Idea is the harmonized totality of the two aspects]

2. The Determinate Existence of the Idea

3. The Idea of the Beautiful

[(_a_) Not apprehended alone by the faculty of the understanding, or the finite categories

(_b_) The nature of finite or abstract apprehension and practical volition considered

(_c_) The object of beauty resolves and the one-sidedness of both standpoints in a free and infinite totality]