Besides being insightful, by which I mean he see's things in a way similar to me, the book also fulfills my primary requirement for a philosophical work - it's short. — T Clark
The book you're referencing is 350 pages, so it's not exactly short. There is a book on Amazon claiming to be Collingwood's "The Principles of Art," but it's actually a 20 or so page abridged version.
You've still got 330 pages to go. — Hanover
Since you favor "short books on aesthetics" and self-identify, IIRC, as a pragmatist, I recommend John Dewey's Art as Experience. An even shorter read, at the intersection of aesthetics & metaphysics, is Language and Myth by Ernst Cassirer. Both are more or less Collingwood's peers though they significantly differ in emphases from one another. — 180 Proof
As in, you'll look at the book, but not necessarily read it. Instead of saying, "I didn't read the book, I saw the movie," you're saying, "I saw the book, not the movie." — Hanover
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