ABSTRACT This article argues for the interest of Joseph Priestley’s theory of materialism, particularly as developed in two texts—Disquisitions Relating to Matter and Spirit (1777) and the lengthy set of epistolary exchanges with Richard Price, published in 1778 as A Free Discussion of the Doctrines of Materialism, and Philosophical Necessity. Although these are, in my view, the two most significant and compelling pieces of Priestley’s metaphysical writings, they have not been a significant focus for scholars of Romanticism. Here, I urge our attention in their direction by arguing for their capacity to revise our understanding of picturesque aesthetics as well as for their general relevance to a contemporary critical moment in which an ontological question about the nature of physical matter is (once again) felt to have direct bearing on the nature of aesthetics.

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联想美学：普里斯特利的唯物主义和激进的风景如画

摘要 本文论证了约瑟夫·普里斯特利的唯物主义理论的兴趣，特别是在两篇文章中发展起来的——与物质和精神有关的调查 (1777) 和与理查德·普莱斯的长篇书信交流集，1778 年作为对唯物主义学说和哲学必然性。尽管在我看来，这是普里斯特利形而上学著作中最重要和最引人注目的两篇文章，但它们并不是浪漫主义学者的重点。这里，