Aesthetic perception: a Thomistic perspective

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"In this book the implications of the idea for a Thomistic approach to the problematic of aesthetic perception are examined. Beginning with Thomas' famous definition of beautiful things as 'those things which when seen give pleasure', the author highlights the limitations present in Umberto Eco's treatment of Thomas' embryonic aesthetic theory and shows how insights gleaned from Thomas' virtue ethics can contribute to a theory of aesthetic perception which has relevance for both philosophy and …

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Full title :Aesthetic perception : a Thomistic perspective / Kevin E. O'Reilly.

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Publication Date:c2007.

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Publisher(s):Four Courts Press
Place of Publication:Dublin
Language:eng
Publication Date:c2007.

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Description:1 vol. (131 p.) ; : 24 cm.

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ISBN:9781846820274 (rel), 1846820278 (rel)
oclc:ocn835058751
LC Classification:B765.T54
Dewey Decimal:111.85

The formal constitutive elements of beauty -- The foundations of the aesthetic "visio" in Aquinas's philosophy of mind -- Maritain's theory of art : epistemological foundations -- Knowledge through inclination -- Knowledge through inclination and experience of beauty -- The problem of objectivity