Aquinas on Contemplative Beauty Pubblico

Hanfelt, Daniel J. (2017)

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This paper examines the treatment of beauty and aesthetic experience in the writings of Thomas Aquinas by making an analogy between Thomistic philosophical contemplation and aesthetic contemplation. Aesthetic contemplation, imagined as it would function within the philosophy of Thomas Aquinas, is strictly mediated through the human senses and focused on the object of our perception, yet places the human being at a critical juncture between the subjective and objective, infinite and finite, and invisible and visible, jolting new possibilities into our daily lives and allowing for a unique spiritual experience.

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Introduction……………………………………………………………………………………………..1

First Chapter: Beauty's Evolution to Aquinas…………………………………………….5

Second Chapter: Beauty Contemplated in Aquinas………………………………….18

Appendix: Thomistic Meditation on an Aesthetic Experience…………………..40

Works Cited……………………………………………………………………………………………..44

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