True, although I believe than in itself is only a slightly older (circa 1900) spelling reform. In older German books, you see Aesthetik/aesthetische/etc. instea

True, although I believe than in itself is only a slightly older (circa 1900) spelling reform. In older German books, you see Aesthetik/aesthetische/etc. instead. Lots of borrowing and adaptation... Ngrams: https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=Aesthetik%2C%C3%84sthetik&year_start=1800&year_end=2000&corpus=20 https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=Aesthetik%2C%C... Random example: http://books.google.com/books?id=7ZpJAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover http://books.google.com/books?id=7ZpJAAAAMAAJ&printsec=front...