The paper attempts to philosophically compare the treatise On the Sublime and the theory of beauty expounded by Plotinus, particularly in his writing On the Intelligible Beauty (Enn. V 8 [31]). I argue that the points of contact between the two authors on this topic can be reduced to four main principles: a) the dependence of beauty’s realization on a status of ecstasy that exceeds every sensible manifestation of it; b) the independence of beauty from any judgement subject to the variations of time and place; c) the power of beauty to show the ideal truth in this world; d) the immeasurable nature of beauty that, essentially, goes beyond mathematical canons of order and proportion.
Per un confronto tra Plotino e l’Anonimo del Sublime sulla bellezza ideale
Christian Vassallo
2017-01-01
Abstract
The paper attempts to philosophically compare the treatise On the Sublime and the theory of beauty expounded by Plotinus, particularly in his writing On the Intelligible Beauty (Enn. V 8 [31]). I argue that the points of contact between the two authors on this topic can be reduced to four main principles: a) the dependence of beauty’s realization on a status of ecstasy that exceeds every sensible manifestation of it; b) the independence of beauty from any judgement subject to the variations of time and place; c) the power of beauty to show the ideal truth in this world; d) the immeasurable nature of beauty that, essentially, goes beyond mathematical canons of order and proportion.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
