Beauty: Theology, Ethics or Aesthetics

College
Instructor(s)
Course Code ICH3757HS
NOTE: Graduate degree students enrol in ICH6757HS
Semester Second Semester
Section 0101
Online No
Credits One Credit
Location Toronto (St George Campus)
Description

Is beauty simply “in the eye of the beholder” or is it something more? Is it a way to God, a moral precept, or the specific locus for a unique kind of pleasure? This course examines a variety of subjective and objective views of beauty in the history of Western philosophy and theology from antiquity to the present (e.g. in the thought of Plato, Augustine, Aquinas, Kant, Weil, Barth, and Balthasar). It will also consider the implications of these views of beauty for the production of the visual arts, music, and literary culture in Western religion and society.

Schedule Thu
Start Time 9:30
End Time 12:30
Minimum Enrolment 0
Maximum Enrolment 0
Means of Evaluation
Other
Previously Offered Fall 2010
Currently Offered Winter 2012