A return to the 19th century is also the esthetic philosophy of a $10 million renovation of City Hall Park that is to begin in fall and run through 1999.

By exploring the human need for illusion as a survival mechanism when the truth devastates, O'Neill transformed a psychological perception into an esthetic philosophy.

Over the years, Mr. Tompkins said, many designs created by the Cuttings had been adulterated and were not in keeping with the family's esthetic philosophy.

Cautious Recognition Mr. Wilson and Mr. Sellars both strut provocative esthetic philosophies that cut against convention.

But how do modern marketing strategies and an esthetic philosophy join up?

His esthetic philosophy and directorial policies were the very point of Ms. Jamison's "Hymn," a choreographic tribute to Ailey that combined dancing, acting and music.

If Byron has come to seem to us like a virtual parody of Romantic excess, it is partly because he refused to stick to any one esthetic or moral philosophy.

Lynch made a grimace at the raw grey sky and said: --If I am to listen to your esthetic philosophy give me at least another cigarette.

So far as this side of esthetic philosophy extends, Aquinas will carry me all along the line.