The aesthetical joy: Schopenhauer between the said and the unsaid

Schopenhauer’s Aesthetics, or better saying, Metaphysics of the Beautiful, is well known for the strange assertion according to which aesthetical joy is to be understood and even possible solely under the condition of a state of contemplation exempt from will. Besides the fact that it means a kind o...

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Main Author: Dax Moraes
Format: Article
Language:Portuguese
Published: Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio) 2021-06-01
Series:O Que Nos Faz Pensar
Online Access:http://www.oquenosfazpensar.fil.puc-rio.br/index.php/oqnfp/article/view/776
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spelling doaj-429ef36759fc484c93e8a6d450ab33de2021-09-19T05:48:46ZporPontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio)O Que Nos Faz Pensar0104-66752021-06-01294811514910.32334/oqnfp.2021n48a776776The aesthetical joy: Schopenhauer between the said and the unsaidDax Moraes0Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN)Schopenhauer’s Aesthetics, or better saying, Metaphysics of the Beautiful, is well known for the strange assertion according to which aesthetical joy is to be understood and even possible solely under the condition of a state of contemplation exempt from will. Besides the fact that it means a kind of feeling absolutely intellectual, surprisingly, it is still an event by which a mere instrument of knowledge is supposed to overcome its master – the will – in a way that it is able to be free for knowing objects supposedly with no interest at all to the will. This paper may challenge this theory for the sake of making sense to what Schopenhauer would mean by that.http://www.oquenosfazpensar.fil.puc-rio.br/index.php/oqnfp/article/view/776
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