Theodor Lipps was a German philosopher, famed for his theory regarding aesthetics, creating the framework for the concept of Einfuhlung (empathy), defined as, "projecting oneself onto the object of perception.
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11 Facts About Theodor Lipps
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Theodor Lipps was one of the most influential German university professors of his time, attracting many students from other countries.
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Theodor Lipps was very concerned with conceptions of art and the aesthetic, focusing much of his philosophy around such issues.
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Theodor Lipps was then a main supporter of the idea of the Unconscious.
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Theodor Lipps adopted Robert Vischer's notions of empathy or esthetic sympathy.
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Theodor Lipps was responsible for popularizing the term by modifying Vischer's conceptualization.
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Particularly, Theodor Lipps concealed some of the thinker's mysticism, hiding it within the sphere of scientific psychology in his work, Aesthetics of Space and Geometrical Illusions.
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Theodor Lipps developed it into an aesthetic theory, which was refined further by other thinkers such as Roger Fry and Vernon Lee.
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Theodor Lipps was an important adherent of psychologism early in his career.
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Theodor Lipps became a spokesman of this school as evidenced in his early publications.
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Late in life, Theodor Lipps adopted some ideas from Edmund Husserl as he developed in another direction.
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