[ePub] Green Infrastructure and Public Health by Christopher Coutts in Arts-Photography

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The special subject of the greater part of the letters and essays of Schiller contained in this volume is Aesthetics; and before passing to any remarks on his treatment of the subject it will be useful to offer a few observations on the nature of this topic; and on its treatment by the philosophical spirit of different ages.First; then; aesthetics has for its object the vast realm of the beautiful; and it may be most adequately defined as the philosophy of art or of the fine arts. To some the definition may seem arbitrary; as excluding the beautiful in nature; but it will cease to appear so if it is remarked that the beauty which is the work of art is higher than natural beauty; because it is the offspring of the mind. Moreover; if; in conformity with a certain school of modern philosophy; the mind be viewed as the true being; including all in itself; it must be admitted that beauty is only truly beautiful when it shares in the nature of mind; and is mindrsquo;s offspring.Viewed in this light; the beauty of nature is only a reflection of the beauty of the mind; only an imperfect beauty; which as to its essence is included in that of the mind. Nor has it ever entered into the mind of any thinker to develop the beautiful in natural objects; so as to convert it into a science and a system. The field of natural beauty is too uncertain and too fluctuating for this purpose. Moreover; the relation of beauty in nature and beauty in art forms a part of the science of aesthetics; and finds again its proper placehellip;_____[Halls of Wisdom] From Buddha to Confucius to Plato and down the spiral of time to Kant; Nietzsche and Russell; the Halls of Wisdom are filled to overflowing; yet barely full. Explore the cavernous teachings of the masters; get lost in the art of wonder; and fall in love with wisdom. The only thing you can lose are your chains.