What is beauty? The concept and the origin of beauty in philosophy and psychoanalysis Cover Image

Kas yra grožis? Grožio samprata ir prigimtis filosofijoje ir psichoanalizėje
What is beauty? The concept and the origin of beauty in philosophy and psychoanalysis

Author(s): Neringa Stoškutė
Subject(s): Fine Arts / Performing Arts
Published by: VšĮ Šiaulių universiteto leidykla
Keywords: Beauty; philosophy; psychoanalysis; conscious and unconscious; pleasure and desire.

Summary/Abstract: The main aim of this article is to closely examine the concept of beauty in terms of philosophical analysis adapting theories by Plato, L. Wittgenstein and S. Freud. Moreover, the concept of beauty is also examined in the wider contexts of philosophy, aesthetics and psychoanalysis. The text highlights the use of the term ‘beauty’ in language, presents the relationship between beauty, truth and goodness, as well as ugliness and explores the concept of beauty in relation to the conscious and the unconscious. After analysing the relationship between beauty, pleasure and desire the aim is to establish the true origin of beauty.

  • Issue Year: 2013
  • Issue No: 19
  • Page Range: 83-94
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: English