In which year was Burke's A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful published?
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Correct answer: D. 1757
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Burke's Enquiry appeared in 1757 (second edition 1759). It grounds the sublime in terror and the beautiful in love and pleasure.
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