sensualistic

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Schleiermacher here alludes to the sensualistic aestheticians of the eighteenth century, and to Hegel, who had almost identified art and religion.

From Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic by Croce, Benedetto

The history of Hearn's ghoulish pleasure in the gruesome and sensualistic, runs from the tan-yard horror and Cincinnati reportorial days, through the translated stories of the New Orleans epoch, to his "St. Anthony."

From Concerning Lafcadio Hearn With a Bibliography by Laura Stedman by Gould, George M. (George Milbrey)

One thing is certain, we cannot go back to the old dogmatic standpoint, whether rationalistic or sensualistic.

From International Congress of Arts and Science, Volume I Philosophy and Metaphysics by Various

It's only too easy to write for those avid of sentimentalism, or to express what Thomas Huxley calls "sensualistic caterwauling."

From Unicorns by Huneker, James

It remained for the Scottish school under Thomas Reid to combat both the sensualistic philosophy of Voltaire and Locke, and the skepticism of Hume.

From The Interdependence of Literature by Curtis, Georgina Pell