Beauty as the Intuitive Presentation of Idea: a Phenomenological Interpretation of Hegel's Aesthetics

Abstract

Abstract: Hegel's aesthetic view derives from his view of arts, which grows out of his views of art typology and art history. However, his views of art typology contradict his logic principle, and his views of art history contradict the historical practice of art history, and Hegel's aesthetic view is therefore seriously undermined. On the other hand, Hegel’s idea of intellectual intuition proposed in philosophy of mind may serve as a cognitive ability and produce a general representation. This representation, we believe, is actually idea in its intuitive state, which means that idea can be directly presented by way of intuition. In this light, Hegel's proposition can be rephrased as "Beauty is the intuitive presentation of idea." Given that art is the embodiment of intuitive activity, art becomes the fundamental way to grasp the truth. It follows naturally that Hegel's effort to replace art with philosophy cannot hold ground.

Key words: idea, intellectual intuition, end-of-art

Su Hongbin. Beauty as the Intuitive Presentation of Idea: a Phenomenological Interpretation of Hegel's Aesthetics[J]. Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art, 2013, 33(3): 180-188.

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