Open AccessThe Insubstantial and Exclusionary Nature of Plato’s Aesthetic Theory
Author(s) -
Nicholas James Alcock
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
stance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1943-1899
pISSN - 1943-1880
DOI - 10.33043/s.7.1.79-88
Subject(s) - virtue , pleasure , philosophy , morality , aesthetics , feeling , epistemology , psychology , neuroscience
In this paper, I argue that Plato’s conversance with art is insubstantial and exclusionary. Art warrants not only subjects in virtue of utility, morality, and pleasure, but also subjects in virtue of feeling, impression, spirituality, and art itself. I will begin by providing Plato’s view and then provide my threefold objection, utilizing examples from art history and the history of aesthetic theory.