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On Some Pitfalls of the English Edition and Translation of Bolzano’s Aesthetic Treatises Cover

On Some Pitfalls of the English Edition and Translation of Bolzano’s Aesthetic Treatises

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Open Access
|Sep 2024

Abstract

This critical note examines Bernard Bolzano’s Essays on Beauty and the Arts, edited by Dominic McIver Lopes and translated by Adam Bresnahan. The book presents English translations of Bolzano’s ‘On the Concept of the Beautiful’ (1843) and ‘On the Classification of the Fine Arts’ (1849), supplemented by an extensive scholarly apparatus. This note focuses on Lopes’s interpretation of Bolzano’s aesthetic treatises, particularly addressing the insufficient historical contextualization. Additionally, some challenges and intricacies involved in translating Bolzano’s work into English are discussed.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.33134/eeja.442 | Journal eISSN: 2571-0915
Language: English
Page range: 176 - 188
Submitted on: Aug 8, 2023
Accepted on: Sep 5, 2023
Published on: Sep 12, 2024
Published by: Helsinki University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 2024 Tomáš Hlobil, published by Helsinki University Press
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