Nature and landscape in Shaftesbury’s aesthetics

In this article I study Shaftesbury’s philosophy of nature with the aim to analyze the ideas that are at the basis of his aesthetic conception of the natural world. In the first part of the article I examine the meaning and function of his theistic vison of the universe in relation to the british re...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Núria Llorens Moreno
Format: Article
Language:Catalan
Published: Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Art i Musica 2006-12-01
Series:Locvs Amoenvs
Subjects:
Online Access:https://revistes.uab.cat/locus/article/view/175
id doaj-72c79b35bf424956a96f9e49d75346e5
record_format Article
spelling doaj-72c79b35bf424956a96f9e49d75346e52021-02-09T17:23:13ZcatUniversitat Autonoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Art i MusicaLocvs Amoenvs1135-97222014-87982006-12-018134936910.5565/rev/locus.175161Nature and landscape in Shaftesbury’s aestheticsNúria Llorens MorenoIn this article I study Shaftesbury’s philosophy of nature with the aim to analyze the ideas that are at the basis of his aesthetic conception of the natural world. In the first part of the article I examine the meaning and function of his theistic vison of the universe in relation to the british religious and cultural context of early eightenth-century. In the second part, I study the aesthetic view of nature unfolded in <em>The Moralists</em>. Following this work, I examine the concepts of order, harmony, simplicity, chain of being, simpathy, infinity and unity; exploring the aesthetic and ethic dimension of every concept, and specifying their particular role in respect to the general map of nature drawn by the author. Finally, the third part of the article is devoted to the study of Shaftesbury’s conception of landscape.https://revistes.uab.cat/locus/article/view/175shaftesbury (1671-1713), estética y ética de la ilustración, naturaleza, deísmo, paisaje, entusiasmo, afección natural, orden, unidad, armonía, simplicidad, cadena del ser, simpatía, infinitud
collection DOAJ
language Catalan
format Article
sources DOAJ
author Núria Llorens Moreno
spellingShingle Núria Llorens Moreno
Nature and landscape in Shaftesbury’s aesthetics
Locvs Amoenvs
shaftesbury (1671-1713), estética y ética de la ilustración, naturaleza, deísmo, paisaje, entusiasmo, afección natural, orden, unidad, armonía, simplicidad, cadena del ser, simpatía, infinitud
author_facet Núria Llorens Moreno
author_sort Núria Llorens Moreno
title Nature and landscape in Shaftesbury’s aesthetics
title_short Nature and landscape in Shaftesbury’s aesthetics
title_full Nature and landscape in Shaftesbury’s aesthetics
title_fullStr Nature and landscape in Shaftesbury’s aesthetics
title_full_unstemmed Nature and landscape in Shaftesbury’s aesthetics
title_sort nature and landscape in shaftesbury’s aesthetics
publisher Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Art i Musica
series Locvs Amoenvs
issn 1135-9722
2014-8798
publishDate 2006-12-01
description In this article I study Shaftesbury’s philosophy of nature with the aim to analyze the ideas that are at the basis of his aesthetic conception of the natural world. In the first part of the article I examine the meaning and function of his theistic vison of the universe in relation to the british religious and cultural context of early eightenth-century. In the second part, I study the aesthetic view of nature unfolded in <em>The Moralists</em>. Following this work, I examine the concepts of order, harmony, simplicity, chain of being, simpathy, infinity and unity; exploring the aesthetic and ethic dimension of every concept, and specifying their particular role in respect to the general map of nature drawn by the author. Finally, the third part of the article is devoted to the study of Shaftesbury’s conception of landscape.
topic shaftesbury (1671-1713), estética y ética de la ilustración, naturaleza, deísmo, paisaje, entusiasmo, afección natural, orden, unidad, armonía, simplicidad, cadena del ser, simpatía, infinitud
url https://revistes.uab.cat/locus/article/view/175
work_keys_str_mv AT nuriallorensmoreno natureandlandscapeinshaftesburysaesthetics
_version_ 1714875931710980096