During the 18th century, debates about what constituted the sublime flourished in Europe, and particularly in Germany. These debates were nourished by two different visions: The Kantian concept supposed that the sublime is supra‐sensible and rooted in reason (Logos) rather than in the object, thus provoking a mental state of tension between nature and art; Edmund Burke's concept, on the other hand, conceived of the sublime as a bodily immersive experience, which we here define as “sensitive” sublime. In summary, Burke's view of the sublime is rooted in the senses and not in the power of reason, unlike Kant's. This was to disrupt the mainstream ideas of that time, unconsciously anticipating some of the recent neuroaesthetic acquisitions regarding the central role played by the sensory apparatus in the experience of beauty and of the sublime.

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伯克的“敏感”崇高精神植根于大脑和身体，与康德在德国浪漫主义话语中的先验概念形成鲜明对比

在18世纪，有关升华的争论在欧洲，尤其是德国激增。这些辩论受到两种不同观点的滋养：康德式的概念认为崇高是超明智的，并且源于理性（Logos）而不是客体，从而激起了自然与艺术之间的紧张状态；另一方面，埃德蒙·伯克（Edmund Burke）的概念将崇高视为一种身临其境的沉浸式体验，我们在此将其定义为“敏感”的崇高。总而言之，与康德的观点不同，伯克的崇高观点植根于感官而非理性的力量。这是在打乱当时的主流观念，无意识地预见了最近的一些神经美学习得，这些习得涉及感觉装置在美感和崇高感中所起的核心作用。