Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) published his Critique of Pure Reason in 1781, the Critique of Practical Reason in 1788, and the Critique of Judgment in 1790. John T. Goldthwait was Professor of Philosophy at the State University of New York, Plattsburgh, and the author of Values: What They Are and How We Know Them (1996)

• TRANSLATOR'S INTRODUCTIONNOTE ON THE TRANSLATIONOBSERVATIONS ON THE FEELING OF THE BEAUTIFUL AND SUBLIMESECTION ONE:Of the Distinct Objects of the Feeling of the Beautiful and SublimeSECTION Two:Of the Attributes of the Beautiful and Sublime in Man in GeneralSECTION THREE :Of the Distinction of the Beautiful and Sublime in the Interrelations of the Two SexesSECTION FOUR:Of National Characteristics, so far as They Depend upon the Distinct Feeling of theBeautiful and SublimeTRANSLATOR'S NOTES