Beauty and its Relation to Goodness in Thomas Aquinas’s Philosophical System

Beauty is a metaphysical concept in Thomas. Such an attitude about beauty necessarily will relate it to the other philosophical concepts. It can be said that the understanding of <em>beauty</em> – which separated from <em>Good</em>- is impossible in the Hellenistic and middle...

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Main Authors: Morteza Shajari, Hasan Fathi, zahra gozali
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Language:English
Published: University of Tabriz, Faculty of Literature and Forigen Languages 2019-08-01
Series:Journal of Philosophical Investigations
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Online Access:https://philosophy.tabrizu.ac.ir/article_9247_4ac60456d90169ad788639196b19c526.pdf
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description Beauty is a metaphysical concept in Thomas. Such an attitude about beauty necessarily will relate it to the other philosophical concepts. It can be said that the understanding of <em>beauty</em> – which separated from <em>Good</em>- is impossible in the Hellenistic and middle ages thoughts- which are a kind of metaphysical one - because <em>Beauty</em> and <em>Good</em> are often enumerated as the objective properties of Beings in these thoughts. Thomas as other predecessors accepts the same idea about Beauty too and connects it with the Being. So we can enumerate beauty as one of the Transcendentals; one of which necessarily connect with <em>Goodness</em>; because the Transcendentals not only have connected with the <em>Being</em> but also with each other. Beauty, in Aquinas' philosophy, is an objective property and at the same time has connected with apprehension and with the soul too. Because of this, the appetitive power of the soul will owe the beauty by the mediation of the intelligence.
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spelling doaj.art-4552144977514037bfc8a2460f86d6c72023-09-03T01:18:00ZengUniversity of Tabriz, Faculty of Literature and Forigen LanguagesJournal of Philosophical Investigations2251-79602423-44192019-08-01132711713810.22034/jpiut.2019.34040.23439247Beauty and its Relation to Goodness in Thomas Aquinas’s Philosophical SystemMorteza Shajari0Hasan Fathi1zahra gozali2Professor of Philosophy, University of TabrizProfessor of Philosophy, University of TabrizPhD student of philosophy, University of TabrizBeauty is a metaphysical concept in Thomas. Such an attitude about beauty necessarily will relate it to the other philosophical concepts. It can be said that the understanding of <em>beauty</em> – which separated from <em>Good</em>- is impossible in the Hellenistic and middle ages thoughts- which are a kind of metaphysical one - because <em>Beauty</em> and <em>Good</em> are often enumerated as the objective properties of Beings in these thoughts. Thomas as other predecessors accepts the same idea about Beauty too and connects it with the Being. So we can enumerate beauty as one of the Transcendentals; one of which necessarily connect with <em>Goodness</em>; because the Transcendentals not only have connected with the <em>Being</em> but also with each other. Beauty, in Aquinas' philosophy, is an objective property and at the same time has connected with apprehension and with the soul too. Because of this, the appetitive power of the soul will owe the beauty by the mediation of the intelligence.https://philosophy.tabrizu.ac.ir/article_9247_4ac60456d90169ad788639196b19c526.pdfBeautyGoodnessTranscendentalsAquinas
spellingShingle Morteza Shajari
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zahra gozali
Beauty and its Relation to Goodness in Thomas Aquinas’s Philosophical System
Journal of Philosophical Investigations
Beauty
Goodness
Transcendentals
Aquinas
title Beauty and its Relation to Goodness in Thomas Aquinas’s Philosophical System
title_full Beauty and its Relation to Goodness in Thomas Aquinas’s Philosophical System
title_fullStr Beauty and its Relation to Goodness in Thomas Aquinas’s Philosophical System
title_full_unstemmed Beauty and its Relation to Goodness in Thomas Aquinas’s Philosophical System
title_short Beauty and its Relation to Goodness in Thomas Aquinas’s Philosophical System
title_sort beauty and its relation to goodness in thomas aquinas s philosophical system
topic Beauty
Goodness
Transcendentals
Aquinas
url https://philosophy.tabrizu.ac.ir/article_9247_4ac60456d90169ad788639196b19c526.pdf
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