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    It is not the case that Riedel's tripartite classification of aesthetic methods is artificial and the characterization of Baumgarten's method as 'miserable dry' is unfair.

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    • 1.In his mature Aesthetica, Baumgarten supported his definitions with extensive examples, not mere bare definitions.
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    • 2.Distinctions among the methods of Aristotle, Kames, and Baumgarten are not as cleanly separable as Riedel claims.
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    • 1.Baumgarten's Aesthetica deploys a systematic analogia rationis, mapping logical categories onto sensory cognition with deliberate methodological richness.
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    • 2.Wolffian demonstrative method, which Baumgarten inherited, treats examples as integral proofs, not decorative supplements to dry definitions.
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    • 3.Riedel conflates pedagogical austerity with philosophical poverty, ignoring that Baumgarten's density signals rigor, not aridity.
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    • 1.Aristotle, Kames, and Baumgarten all blend empirical observation with normative prescription, making Riedel's tripartite division a post-hoc taxonomic fiction.
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    • 2.Riedel's own Theorie der schönen Künste borrows structural categories from Baumgarten, undermining the credibility of his dismissive characterization.
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