The Figurative Language of Nature
Drawing on the intimate connection between beauty and morality in Kant's Critique of the Power of Judgment, the aim of this paper is to elucidate Kant's doctrine of the moral meaning that natural beauty is said to carry for us in the act of aesthetic judgment. I propose that the key to th...
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Drawing on the intimate connection between beauty and morality in Kant's Critique of the Power of Judgment, the aim of this paper is to elucidate Kant's doctrine of the moral meaning that natural beauty is said to carry for us in the act of aesthetic judgment. I propose that the key to this meaning to be the expressive nature of beauty. "Expression" is to be analyzed in terms of the way in which nature, according to Kant, is something that "figuratively speaks to us in its beautiful forms" when we experience it aesthetically. I argue that there is a connection to be drawn between what is expressed in the judgment of natural beauty and the moral meaning of the judgment of natural beauty. This connection is made by the intellectual interest that the person of good moral character takes in in the presentation of beauty in nature. It is an interest in the realization of our highest moral end.
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| spelling | doaj-art-dcd6fd3a08b849149bb7a3f16b5fc5a12024-12-31T20:23:56ZdeuILIESILexicon Philosophicum2283-78332024-12-0110.19283/lph2024.755The Figurative Language of NatureMoran Godess-Riccitelli0Bar-Ilan University/ Universität Potsdam Drawing on the intimate connection between beauty and morality in Kant's Critique of the Power of Judgment, the aim of this paper is to elucidate Kant's doctrine of the moral meaning that natural beauty is said to carry for us in the act of aesthetic judgment. I propose that the key to this meaning to be the expressive nature of beauty. "Expression" is to be analyzed in terms of the way in which nature, according to Kant, is something that "figuratively speaks to us in its beautiful forms" when we experience it aesthetically. I argue that there is a connection to be drawn between what is expressed in the judgment of natural beauty and the moral meaning of the judgment of natural beauty. This connection is made by the intellectual interest that the person of good moral character takes in in the presentation of beauty in nature. It is an interest in the realization of our highest moral end. https://lexicon.cnr.it/ojs/index.php/LP/article/view/755Aesthetic JudgementFigurative LanguageIntellectual InterestMoral MeaningNatural Beauty |
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| title | The Figurative Language of Nature |
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| topic | Aesthetic Judgement Figurative Language Intellectual Interest Moral Meaning Natural Beauty |
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