Discussion About the Dialectical Thought of Laozi's Aesthetics
Cai Guo-lian
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Cai Guo-lian
Abstract
Laozi is one of the founders of Taolism and his aesthetics as well. In his philosophy, beauty is the highest realm he had been seeking, and reached perfect pursuit in the combination of Tao and beauty by combining organically with the loftiest substance—— Tao. With the multiple echelons of dialectics, Laozi had expounded the aesthe'tics category of false or true, beauty or uglier, form or content; elaborated the dialectical thought of transformation, which form up the contradictory of aesthetics category. His dialectical aesthetics has integrity and delicate characters. And they have very important significance in the future development of aesthetics and modern society.
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Laozi is one of the founders of Taolism and his aesthetics as well. In his philosophy, beauty is the highest realm he had been seeking, and reached perfect pursuit in the combination of Tao and beauty by combining organically with the loftiest substance—— Tao. With the multiple echelons of dialectics, Laozi had expounded the aesthe'tics category of false or true, beauty or uglier, form or content; elaborated the dialectical thought of transformation, which form up the contradictory of aesthetics category. His dialectical aesthetics has integrity and delicate characters. And they have very important significance in the future development of aesthetics and modern society.
Key concepts: Dialectic, Aesthetics, Beauty, Realm, Philosophy, Metaphysics, Epistemology, Psychology