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

Title
Beauty and being : Thomistic perspectives / Piotr Jaroszyński ; translated by Hugh McDonald with the collaboration of the author.
Author
Jaroszyński, Piotr.
Publication
Toronto : Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, c2011.

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Additional Authors
Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies
Description
x, 269 p.; 24 cm.
Series Statement
Etienne Gilson series, 0708-319X ; 33
Uniform Title
  • Spór o piękno. English
  • Etienne Gilson series ; 33.
Alternative Title
Spór o piękno.
Subject
  • Aesthetics
  • Ontology
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [248]-262) and index.
Language (note)
  • Translation of: Spór o piękno.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
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 -- Appendix one: Wittegenstein's family resemblances : equivocity or analogy -- Appendix two: Different realms of beauty -- Appendix three: Is beauty a value? -- Appendix four: Failures of classification of definition of beauty.
ISBN
  • 9780888447333
  • 0888447337
OCLC
  • 705507752
  • SCSB-12168550
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library