<b>Metaphysics of beauty according to Schopenhauer</b> - DOI: 10.4025/actascihumansoc.v27i1.1170

  • Vanessa Furtado Fontana Unioeste-Toledo

Abstract

The present paper is about Arthur Schopenhauer's metaphysics of the beauty. The discussion is an analysis of the philosopher's thesis on the beautiful, the sublime and its manifestations. The ideas of the subject, of genius and hierarchy of art, which includes music, are dealt with. Schopenhauer´s text tries to understand nature's beauty and art. The idea of beauty as metaphysics is a means to understand reality, an extremally important fact in the history of Philosophy.

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Author Biography

Vanessa Furtado Fontana, Unioeste-Toledo
Mestre em Filosofia pela UNIOESTE, com graduação em Filosofia pela Universidade Estadual de Maringá (2004), atuando principalmente nos seguintes temas: Schopenhauer, Kant, Husserl, metafísica, ontologia, idealismo, estética, ética Currículo Lattes
Published
2008-03-14
How to Cite
Fontana, V. F. (2008). <b>Metaphysics of beauty according to Schopenhauer</b&gt; - DOI: 10.4025/actascihumansoc.v27i1.1170. Acta Scientiarum. Human and Social Sciences, 27(1), 41-46. https://doi.org/10.4025/actascihumansoc.v27i1.1170
Section
History and Philosophy