Ripensare l’esperienza estetica attraverso lo Zhuangzi

In this paper I consider two different perspectives on aesthetic experience. On the one hand, there is the tradition of Plato that proposes a metaphysical representation of the world in which sensible and over-sensible are rigidly separated. On the other hand, the early Chinese tradition of Daoism s...

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Main Author: Massimiliano Lacertosa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Rosenberg & Sellier 2022-10-01
Series:Rivista di Estetica
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/estetica/14940
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description In this paper I consider two different perspectives on aesthetic experience. On the one hand, there is the tradition of Plato that proposes a metaphysical representation of the world in which sensible and over-sensible are rigidly separated. On the other hand, the early Chinese tradition of Daoism suggests an undivided experience of the world in which the aesthetic engagement with the myriad things (wanwu 萬物) makes actions effective. In particular, I consider how the Zhuangzi, one of the main books of philosophical Daoism, offers an excellent opportunity to rethink the aesthetic experience of the world not as subordinated to epistemology or to the supersensible but as a possibility to adapt oneself to changing circumstances.
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spelling doaj.art-a0e8dbb987c64029855998fa7c6367292024-04-04T09:22:00ZengRosenberg & SellierRivista di Estetica0035-62122421-58642022-10-0180657910.4000/estetica.14940Ripensare l’esperienza estetica attraverso lo ZhuangziMassimiliano LacertosaIn this paper I consider two different perspectives on aesthetic experience. On the one hand, there is the tradition of Plato that proposes a metaphysical representation of the world in which sensible and over-sensible are rigidly separated. On the other hand, the early Chinese tradition of Daoism suggests an undivided experience of the world in which the aesthetic engagement with the myriad things (wanwu 萬物) makes actions effective. In particular, I consider how the Zhuangzi, one of the main books of philosophical Daoism, offers an excellent opportunity to rethink the aesthetic experience of the world not as subordinated to epistemology or to the supersensible but as a possibility to adapt oneself to changing circumstances.https://journals.openedition.org/estetica/14940Platometaphysicszhuangzidaoism
spellingShingle Massimiliano Lacertosa
Ripensare l’esperienza estetica attraverso lo Zhuangzi
Rivista di Estetica
Plato
metaphysics
zhuangzi
daoism
title Ripensare l’esperienza estetica attraverso lo Zhuangzi
title_full Ripensare l’esperienza estetica attraverso lo Zhuangzi
title_fullStr Ripensare l’esperienza estetica attraverso lo Zhuangzi
title_full_unstemmed Ripensare l’esperienza estetica attraverso lo Zhuangzi
title_short Ripensare l’esperienza estetica attraverso lo Zhuangzi
title_sort ripensare l esperienza estetica attraverso lo zhuangzi
topic Plato
metaphysics
zhuangzi
daoism
url https://journals.openedition.org/estetica/14940
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