Published as Über das optische Formgefühl: Ein Beitrag zur Aesthetik (Leipzig: Herrmann Credner), Robert Vischer’s doctoral dissertation, “On the Optical Sense of Form: A Contribution to Aesthetics,” marks the first use of Einfühlung as a noun. Exact month of publication unknown; if you have information about the correct date, please email felluga@purdue.edu with this information.

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