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Theories of Sublimity
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Which philosopher is most closely associated with the theory of sublimity?
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Edmund Burke
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Edmund Burke is widely regarded as the father of the theory of sublimity. His book A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful (1757) is considered to be the foundational work on the subject.