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2Creatures of attention: aesthetics and the subject before KantCornell University Press and Cornell University Library. 2024.The book examines the discourse on attention emerging in the European Enlightenment (1650-1780) with a focus on German philosophy and literature. It argues that this discourse influenced the formation of aesthetic philosophy in the eighteenth century. Notable figures discussed include ReneĢ Descartes, G.W.F. Leibniz, Christian Wolff, and Alexander Baumgarten.
