Aesthetics: Beauty, Nature, and the Eternal Forms
The Aesthetic and Its Problems
Diversity values (and their opposites) include moral, ethical, patriotic, charitable, pleasant, and useful aspects. However, other realities, such as health, the sacred, and family, don’t easily fit into these classifications. Beauty, both natural and artistic, often lacks immediate utility or commercial value.
There are at least three ways a person can relate to beauty and nature: through their own artistic creation (Art), and as a spectator of both. Aesthetics (Aisthesis)
Read MoreKey Concepts in Philosophy: From Anaximander to Hegel
Anaximander’s Apeiron
Who maintained that the origin of all was the Apeiron, the unknown? Anaximander. What was his opinion about prayer? He believed that everything was created and had to be other than what was created, and could not be as normal as water.
Anaximenes and the Arche of Air
Who believed that the principle, the arche, of all was air? Anaximenes.
Nous: Ordering Intelligence
What is Nous and what is its function? Nous is an ordering intelligence, not creative like the God Xuo, who created
Read MoreJustice Policy, Communitarianism, Republicanism, and Feminism
Justice Policy
Justice policy essentially states that since we live in pluralistic societies, different conceptions of the good should accept that public life requires common norms of moral validity with a claim to universality. These rules, being rational, may be defended by all and each of the different conceptions of the good. This will give fundamental reasons in their own convictions, which will achieve a consensus.
Denial of State Neutrality
Liberalism holds a model of citizenship in which the
Read MoreHuman Action, Ethics, and Social Behavior: Key Concepts
Human Action and its Consequences
Action refers to an intentional human intervention. It involves a conscious decision by a human agent. Involuntary or unconscious actions are not considered true actions. Only conscious and voluntary actions, including the underlying mental processes, are considered observable human behavior.
Consequences are the outcomes of an action, often unintended by the agent. The agent aims for a desired outcome but may not anticipate or desire all the resulting consequences.
Read MoreThe Little Prince: Character Analysis and Their Meanings
Characters in The Little Prince
The Aviator
An adult who is uncomfortable with his peers, preferring to travel the world in his plane, away from contact with the elderly.
The Little Prince
The sole inhabitant of a small asteroid, who enjoys watching sunsets, caring for baobab trees, and cleaning two small volcanic craters. His routine is disrupted by the arrival of the flower, whom he comes to love.
The Flower
A rose of great beauty and charming personality, but quite proud and selfish, wanting the Prince
María Zambrano: Poetic Reason and the Humanization of History
Structure of “Thought and Poetry”
“Thought and Poetry” by María Zambrano develops three main issues:
- The Union of Thought and Poetry: Zambrano discusses Plato’s expulsion of poetry from the philosophical field.
- Critique of Rationalism: She argues that the abstraction of rationalism leads to a loss of the multiplicity and diversity of the concrete.
- Poetic Reason: Zambrano presents her vision of poetic reason as a path that unites philosophy and poetry.
The Failure of Rationality
María Zambrano believed
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