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Glossary of Terms
(references to De Wijsbegeerte der Wetsidee, unless
indicated. See concordance
for correlation with pages in the New Critique. The concordance
is in pdf format.)
| aesthetic |
I, 5-6, 17, 31, 40 |
| aestheticism |
I, 27, 84, 86 |
The aesthetic is one of the aspects of temporal
reality.
Dooyeweerd's view of the aesthetic function is related to harmony:
If there were no sin, the harmony among the law-spheres
would be fully realized, just as in a perfect work of art. In such a
work the 'natural' sides of the material are subjected to the guidance
of the aesthetic structural function to such a degree that they no longer
obtrude themselves as a disconcerting resistance. In their
individual deepening of meaning and 'spiritualization,' they are a pure
expression of the artist's conception. Reality is, alas, different.
(NC II, 335).
Aestheticism is absolutizing the aesthetic
aspect of our experience.
See image for a discussion of aesthetic imagination.
Notes revised Dec. 27/04
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