title: Basic Issues in Aesthetics (Wadsworth Basic Issues in Philosophy Series)
author:  Marcia Muelder Eaton 
description: "At a good price, Eaton covers the issues, offers clear organization, and gives specific references to contemporary theory in art and aesthetics." --John B. Davis, Caldwell College<br /><br />"Eaton's book is clearly written and wades through rather dense material in an interesting and understandable manner." --Mary Kinnecome, Corcoran College of Art<br /><br />"I especially like the coverage of interpretation, criticism, and aesthetic response." --Candace J. Stout, University of Georgia
  						    	
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  Portrait of a Philosopher
  
  
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  # Portrait of a Philosopher
  
  
  ### Dorothy Canfield
  
  
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  * Chapter 1
  
  
  * Chapter 2
  
  
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  ### Chapter 1
  
  
  THE news of Professor Gridley's death filled Middletown College
  
  
  with consternation. Its one claim to distinction was gone, for in spite
  
  
  of the excessive quiet of his private life, he had always cast about
  
  
  the obscure little college the shimmering aura of greatness. There had
  
  
  been no fondness possible for the austere old thinker, but Middletown
  
  
  village, as well as the college, had been touched by his fidelity to
  
  
  the very moderate attractions of his birthplace. When, as often