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Kant defines the sublime as that which \u201cis great per se<\/i>.\u201d \u00a0It is similar\u00a0to the beautiful for him insofar as it pleases on its own and does not presuppose any concepts. Whereas the beautiful always involves a question\u00a0about the form of the object, the sublime can be encountered even in objects without form. It involves a representation of limitlessness<\/b>. \u00a0\u00a0<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u2013 M. Kuehn, Kant, A Biography<\/a>,\u00a0<\/i>p.347 (bold added)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Kant defines the sublime as that which \u201cis great per se.\u201d \u00a0It is similar\u00a0to the beautiful for him insofar as it pleases on its own and does not presuppose any concepts. Whereas the beautiful always involves a question\u00a0about the form of the object, the sublime can be encountered even in objects without form. 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