L'Esthétique Augustinienne

"The paper suggests that Augustine anticipates in his own way 'aesthetics'. Indeed his reflection does not only deal with sensible beauty, nor with art alone, but with the whole subjective experience involving body and soul, sensibility and reason. It sets forth an interrogation on the place of plea...

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Author:Marianne Massin
Published: S.n., s.l., 2005
Volume:61
Pages:63-75
Language:English
Periodical:Laval Théologique et Philosophique
Number:1
Format:Article
Topic:- Works > Dialogues / Early works > De musica
- Works > Dialogues / Early works > De ordine
- Doctrine > The World > [Esthétique. Musique] > [Esthétique / Beauté]
- Influence and Survival > [Époque Contemporaine (1789-1960)] > General
Status:Active
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Summary:"The paper suggests that Augustine anticipates in his own way 'aesthetics'. Indeed his reflection does not only deal with sensible beauty, nor with art alone, but with the whole subjective experience involving body and soul, sensibility and reason. It sets forth an interrogation on the place of pleasure, on the quest it generates, on the attention it requires both at the receptive and the co-creative level. In order to strengthen the argument, the analysis focuses on the 'De musica'."