The Philosophy of Fine Art - Volume 1 (of 4)
The Philosophy of Fine Art - Volume 1 (of 4)
By Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
13 Oct, 2019
Hegel's Aesthetics is regarded by many as one of the greatest aesthetic theories to have been produced since Aristotle.
Hegel develops his account of art as a mode of absolute spirit that he calls "the beautiful ideal," which he defines most gen
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Hegel's Aesthetics is regarded by many as one of the greatest aesthetic theories to have been produced since Aristotle.
Hegel develops his account of art as a mode of absolute spirit that he calls "the beautiful ideal," which he defines most generally as:
"Now when truth in this its external existence [Dasein] is present to consciousness immediately, and with the concept remains immediately in unity with its external appearance, the Idea is not only true but beautiful. Beauty is determined as the sensible shining of the Idea." Less