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Layers of rotting wood: a meditation on the curricular value of the ugly
Cogent Education, 2018 In this piece, I argue that the marginalized status of ugliness in the field of aesthetics, particularly in aesthetic conversations in the broader field of curriculum, is indicative of an as-of-yet unexplored source for understanding our societal values.
James Grant
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Transition Across the Incalculable Abyss between the Domain of Nature and the Domain of Morality; the Meaning of such Transition and its Realization in Kant’s Aesthetics [PDF]
حکمت و فلسفه, 2019 In the first Critique, Kant delineated the principles of metaphysics of nature and in the second Critique, those of metaphysics of morality. Since these two kinds of principles were essentially distinguished, there appeared an absolute gap between nature
Ali Akbar Ahmadi Afarmejani +1 more
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“Beautiful” or “ugly”? Civic education pills for aware citizens
Didattica della storia, 2023 The following pages aim to be an account and a proposal for reflecting on how educating teenagers to observe our heritage more carefully, even its smallest, daily examples, can stimulate them to know and take care of what belongs to all of us, and is an ...
Rita Belenghi
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Hellenic and Hellenistic Origins in the Aesthetics of Pseudo-Dionysius [PDF]
Journal of Philosophical Investigations, 2022 Text This article studies the Hellenic and Hellenistic sources of Pseudo-Dionysius on Beautiful, and its purpose is to clarify the extent of the influence of the philosophy of Plato, Aristotle, Plotinus and Proclus on aesthetics in the thought system of ...
Seyyed Mohsen Mousavi
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, 2010 Abstract Literary beauty was once understood as intertwining sensations and ideas, and thus as providing subjective and objective reasons for literary appreciation. However, as theory and philosophy developed, the inevitable claims and counterclaims led to the view that subjective experience was not a reliable guide to literary merit.
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SSRN Electronic Journal, 2008 The city beautiful movement, which in the early 20th Century advocated city beautification as a way to improve the living conditions and civic virtues of the urban dweller, had languished by the Great Depression. Today, new urban economic theory and policymakers are coming to see the provision of consumer leisure amenities as a way to attract ...
Gerald A. Carlino, Albert Saiz
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Evaluation of Skid Resistance and Comfort of Pedestrian Pavement with Asphalt-Based Wood Chip
BuildingsThis paper conducts an in-depth study and evaluation of pedestrian paths, with a particular focus on the anti-slip performance and walking comfort of wooden chip pedestrian walkways.
Jian Ma +9 more
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InfrastructuresThis study investigates the evolution laws and prediction models of anti-skid and wear-resistant performance for asphalt pavements during the operation period.
Shaopeng Zheng +4 more
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Lo Bello y la belleza en el comentario Tomasino al De Divinis Nominibus [The Beautiful and Beauty in St. Thomas’ Commentary to De Divinis Nominibus] [PDF]
Studia Gilsoniana, 2016 While St. Thomas Aquinas has not written any separate treaty on beauty, the theme of beauty regularly appears in his writing from its very beginning as that which corresponds with the Platonic doctrine presented by Dionysius the Areopagite in his De ...
Hugo Costarelli Brandi
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Problemy EkorozwojuThis study investigates the interconnections between energy transition, environmental sustainability, and healthcare costs in emerging Sub-Saharan African (SSA) economies, with a specific focus on their implications for Sustainable Development Goals ...
Changhong Xu, Changhua Xu
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