“Magnificence is likewise a source of the sublime. A great profusion of things which are splendid or valuable in themselves is magnificent. The starry heaven, though it occurs so very frequently to our view, never fails to excite an idea of grandeur.” IdeasHeavenStarsViewsFailingSourceValuableMagnificentSublimeSplendidGrandeurMagnificence Book:A Philosophical Inquiry Into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful Source: A Philosophical Inquiry Into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful
“Dandyism is the last flicker of heroism in decadent ages.... Dandyism is a setting sun; like the declining star, it is magnificent, without heat and full of melancholy. But alas! the rising tide of democracy, which spreads everywhere and reduces everything to the same level, is daily carrying away these last champions of human pride, and submerging, in the waters of oblivion, the last traces of these remarkable myrmidons.” HumansAgeLastsStarsWaterLevelsSunDemocracyPrideSpreadSettingSettingsHeatChampionRisingRemarkableMelancholyTidesHeroismMagnificentAlasOblivionFlickerDandyism Author:Charles Baudelaire