Kant’s Aesthetic Reading of Aristotle’s "Philia": Disinterestedness and the Mood of the Late Enlightenment

This article roots Kant’s concept of disinterestedness, as he uses it in the Critique of Judgment, in Aristotle’s notion of philia by establishing a path from ethics to aesthetics and back. In this way, the third Critique turns out to be one of the main sources for a new ideal of humanity: the ideal...

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Main Author: Jèssica Jaques Pi
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Published: Universidad Complutense de Madrid 2013-01-01
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Online Access:http://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/RESF/article/view/41068
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description This article roots Kant’s concept of disinterestedness, as he uses it in the Critique of Judgment, in Aristotle’s notion of philia by establishing a path from ethics to aesthetics and back. In this way, the third Critique turns out to be one of the main sources for a new ideal of humanity: the ideal suitable for late Enlightenment. This article argues that Kant reaches this fruitful use of disinterestedness by giving to Aristotle’s concept of philia an aesthetic turn.
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spelling doaj.art-7cf6829e01394f5dbb0219399b28fdc62022-12-21T20:32:44ZdeuUniversidad Complutense de MadridRevista de Filosofia0034-82441988-284X2013-01-01372556810.5209/rev_RESF.2012.v37.n2.4106840377Kant’s Aesthetic Reading of Aristotle’s "Philia": Disinterestedness and the Mood of the Late EnlightenmentJèssica Jaques Pi0Departament de Filosofia Facultat de Filosofia i LLetres Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaThis article roots Kant’s concept of disinterestedness, as he uses it in the Critique of Judgment, in Aristotle’s notion of philia by establishing a path from ethics to aesthetics and back. In this way, the third Critique turns out to be one of the main sources for a new ideal of humanity: the ideal suitable for late Enlightenment. This article argues that Kant reaches this fruitful use of disinterestedness by giving to Aristotle’s concept of philia an aesthetic turn.http://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/RESF/article/view/41068Kant and AristotleDisinterestednessPhiliaLate EnlightenmentVirtues for Democracy in the late 18th centuryCommunication for Social Construction.
spellingShingle Jèssica Jaques Pi
Kant’s Aesthetic Reading of Aristotle’s "Philia": Disinterestedness and the Mood of the Late Enlightenment
Revista de Filosofia
Kant and Aristotle
Disinterestedness
Philia
Late Enlightenment
Virtues for Democracy in the late 18th century
Communication for Social Construction.
title Kant’s Aesthetic Reading of Aristotle’s "Philia": Disinterestedness and the Mood of the Late Enlightenment
title_full Kant’s Aesthetic Reading of Aristotle’s "Philia": Disinterestedness and the Mood of the Late Enlightenment
title_fullStr Kant’s Aesthetic Reading of Aristotle’s "Philia": Disinterestedness and the Mood of the Late Enlightenment
title_full_unstemmed Kant’s Aesthetic Reading of Aristotle’s "Philia": Disinterestedness and the Mood of the Late Enlightenment
title_short Kant’s Aesthetic Reading of Aristotle’s "Philia": Disinterestedness and the Mood of the Late Enlightenment
title_sort kant s aesthetic reading of aristotle s philia disinterestedness and the mood of the late enlightenment
topic Kant and Aristotle
Disinterestedness
Philia
Late Enlightenment
Virtues for Democracy in the late 18th century
Communication for Social Construction.
url http://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/RESF/article/view/41068
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