Aesthetics

Appreciating the fact that ideas of truth, goodness and beauty mark norms or standards of perfection, the course assembles a diversity of views on the constitution and consequences of the ideal of perfection. Of special significance is the impact of the distinction between the beautiful and the subline for contemporary intellectual culture. The course studies art not as a decoration of life, but as the very constitution of it. Offered alternate years. Prerequisite: any 100-level Philosophy course or consent of instructor.