Why is the concept of the aesthetic so important to Kant’s philosophy?
Answer this question in terms of your understanding of Kant’s analytic of the beautiful as presented in the “Critique of Judgement”. Your essay should discuss (i) why aesthetics occupies a unique place in Kant’s thinking; (ii) the four moments of the beautiful as presented in CJ; and (iii) Kant’s belief that we can appreciate the beautiful in terms of a “sensus communist” (communal sense)