Beauty and being : Thomistic perspectives / Piotr Jaroszyński ; translated by Hugh McDonald with the collaboration of the author.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jaroszyński, Piotr.

Contributor:

Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies.

Series:

Etienne Gilson series ; 33.

Etienne Gilson series, 0708-319X ; 33

Standardized Title:

Spór o piękno. English

Language:

English

Polish

Subjects (All):

Aesthetics.

Ontology.

Physical Description:

x, 269 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Toronto : Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, [2011]

Language Note:

Translation of: Spór o piękno.

Contents:

Introduction

Theories of beauty in antiquity and the Middle Ages. Three great theories of beauty ; Univocity, equivocity, or analogy? ; Why not the fine arts? ; Summary of part one

Beauty in aesthetics. What is aesthetics? ; The separation of beauty from being ; The divorce of beauty from nature ; The identification of beauty with aesthetic value ; Theories of beauty ; The crisis of beauty in aesthetics

Toward a philosophy of beauty. Between being and person ; Beauty as the first impact of being ; Beauty as the person's response to being ; Transcendental beauty ; The analogical character of beauty ; The paradox of ugliness

Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [246]-262) and index.

ISBN:

9780888447333

0888447337

OCLC:

705507752