Kant today

I read a bit of one of his easier books. I'm interested in his ideas on "the sublime" as it relates to wonder and awe. They aren't the same thing. He associates the sublime with grandeur - things that are large and simple - but not with things that are small and/or complex. Wonder, of course, can also be experienced when encountering small things, and since Kant was also a scientist I would think he'd at some point have looked through a microscope. Yet as far as I know, he doesn't ever reflect on what wonder at the small but unexpectedly intricate might have in common with wonder at the vast and overwhelming.

And then I have this to share, from apperception, which is very funny, even if you're not interested much in philosophy:

Update, 11:59 p.m.: I see that by placing the sublime above the beautiful, and by aligning Romantic devotion to noble principles with the sublime, such that devotion to principles requires a certain coldness to the needs of individuals, Kant did not foresee the rise of totalitarian or terrorist mentalities. ( More on that, from 12/11. )