beauty

belief

nationality

German

occupation / innovator as

philosopher

enlightenment thinker

innovator in the field of

aesthetics

philosophy

university teacher

professor

theologian

is a form concerning perception which adheres to laws (just like the laws of nature). These laws could be discovered by systematic, empirical, scientific investigations of representations in direct perception.

Alexander Baumgarten (1714-1762) believed that the laws of beauty, like the laws of nature, could be uncovered by systematic, empirical investigations. He called for the establishment of a new science, which he named aesthetics. This science was intended to investigate direct perception in which particular representations are combined into a whole. Baumgarten was not influential among philosophers, but psychologist and mathematicians from the nineteenth century onward pursued his vision, seeking to translate the traditional formula unity in variety into measurable variables.( http://science.jrank.org/pages/8444/Beauty-Ugliness-Definitions-Beauty.html#ixzz3uPNopSoT)

is that on which a person is prepared to act.

that on which a person is prepared to act (Alexander Bain wiki).

Alexander BaumgartenThinkers

Alexander Baumgarten