O Sublime na Crítica da razão prática

Abstract

The paper aims to propose a reading of the theory of sublimity in the Critique of practical reason, based on the analysis of passages in which, in particular at the conclusion of the work and in the third chapter of the Analytic of pure practical reason, Kant offers textual support to highlight a certain theoretical distance from the aesthetical conception of the sublime, later presented in the Critique of judgment, notably in the general formulation of §23. So, with a background perspective contrasting with interpretations that bring the second and third Critiques closer, with regard to the sublime, we suggest that in these two works there are variations about both the dynamics involved in the sublime and its object of reference, as well as about the characterization of the feelings of admiration and respect through which, according to Kant, the sublime expresses itself.