Beauty in The Universal Encyclopedia of Philosophy

• Authors: Jaroszyński Piotr
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The author considers the problem of beauty. He identifies beauty as an analogically understood property of reality, of human products (including art), and of the human mode of conduct, and as that which, in the tradition of Western culture, is expressed under the form of harmony, perfection, or splendor, which as beheld and for beholding arouses complacency or pleasure. The article discusses the following topics: classical theories of beauty, beauty in the metaphysical conception, beauty in aesthetics, the separation of beauty from reality, and the problem of ugliness.

Keywords

EN

beauty; reality; morality; art; human being; Western culture; harmony; perfection; splendor; complacency; pleasure; metaphysics; aesthetics; ugliness; Universal Encyclopedia of Philosophy

• Publisher: International Étienne Gilson Society
• Journal: Studia Gilsoniana
• Year: 2018
• Volume: 7
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 579-595

Dates

published

2018-12-30

Contributors

author

Jaroszyński Piotr

• John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Poland

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Identifiers

ISSN

2577–0314

ISSN

2300–0066

DOI

10.26385/SG.070430