Kant: A Representation of Limitlessness

Kant defines the sublime as that which “is great per se.”  It is similar to the beautiful for him insofar as it pleases on its own and does not presuppose any concepts. Whereas the beautiful always involves a question about the form of the object, the sublime can be encountered even in objects without form. It involves a representation of limitlessness.   

– M. Kuehn, Kant, A Biography, p.347 (bold added)