Part I. — The Nature of Beauty

§ 1. The philosophy of beauty is a theory of values 14

§ 2. Preference is ultimately irrational 18

§ 3. Contrast between moral and aesthetic values 28

§ 4. Work and play 25

§ 5. All values are in one sense aesthetic 28

§ 6. Aesthetic consecration of general principles 31

§ 7. Contrast of aesthetic and physical pleasures 35

§ 8. The differentia of aesthetic pleasure not its disinterestedness 37

§ 9. The differentia of aesthetic pleasure not its universality 40

§ 10. The differential of aesthetic pleasure: its objectification 44

§ 11. The definition of beauty 49