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Moral and Political Philosophy Aesthetics Christology Ecclesiology Epistemology Human Person Logic Metaphysics Moral Theology Philosophy of Nature

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Moral and Political Philosophy Aesthetics Christology Ecclesiology Epistemology Human Person Logic Metaphysics Moral Theology Philosophy of Nature

Aesthetics
The philosophical study of the nature of beauty and those things related to beauty. This division of philosophy is relatively recent in the history of philosophy and does not represent a classical di...
Beauty
1. According to a definition by its effect, beauty is that which pleases one upon perceiving it. 2. According to a descriptive definition of the thing itself, beauty is that in which integrity, harmon...
Fine Art
1. The intellectual virtue by which one is able to make something beautiful. 2. The beautiful work produced by an artist.
Sublime
That which provokes a feeling of awe or, in some respect, terror in a person. Some philosophers hold that the sublime is a species of beauty but others deny this. There is a range of views as to wheth...
Taste
1. One’s preferences in aesthetic matters. 2. The ability to make good judgments in aesthetic matters.

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