Aesthetic Humanistic Studies Collection

Author: Liu Boshan (Editor)
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Publish Date: 2000-01-01
Features: What is the essence of beauty? This has been a subject of extensive analysis and discussion in academia. However, in people's daily lives, many do not explore the question "What is beauty?" yet they still engage in aesthetic appreciation. This is as the renowned aesthetician Zhu Guangqian once said, "If you don't ask me what beauty is, I already understand it." Nevertheless, humans need aesthetic appreciation, and beauty is something quite important to humanity. Even though people cannot agree on "what beauty is," they still persistently delve into the essence of beauty. Clarifying what beauty is is an important issue for humanity. If the essence of beauty lies in the alignment between the aesthetic object and the internal aesthetic scale of the aesthetic subject, then to deeply understand the essence of beauty, we need to conduct an in-depth analysis of human nature and humanology. This can fundamentally clarify the issue of human "internal aesthetic scale." Recently, academia has also conducted more research on human nature, which all demonstrates the significance of studying humanology. Humanology certainly presents questions worth exploring, such as the question: "What is the difference between humans and animals?" The general answer is: "The most important difference between humans and animals is that humans have thought, while animals do not." However, upon deeper analysis, we can propose that the most important difference between humans and animals is not only in thought but also in the fact that humans clearly know who they are and whose survival they are. This is the fundamental difference between humans and animals. Through deeper analysis, we can see that knowing who one is is a more profound aspect than human thought.