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Document Details : Title: Onto-theological Determinants of Aesthetics According to Alexei Losev Author(s): OBOLEVITCH, Teresa Journal: Journal of Eastern Christian Studies Volume: 66 Issue: 3-4 Date: 2014 Pages: 139-151 DOI: 10.2143/JECS.66.3.3064561 Abstract : Both Losev and Plotinus analysed the metaphysical (and consequently, theological) foundation of aesthetics. They taught about the Absolute (or the One, resp. God) which is a source of art in general and the various aesthetical categories, such as beauty, harmony etc. According to Losev, aesthetics is a discipline which considers an expression of inner meaning (i.e. idea) in the external, material form. It allowed us to treat aesthetics (especially ancient) as a concluding element of ontology. As a result, music, being rooted in the Absolute, has an onto-theological character and overcomes the distance between God and the world. |
