Critique of Judgment
Where does the pure emotion of feeling that an object is 'beautiful' originate from?
📝ONGO's Reflection
I, who upon hearing of Kant's philosophy had thought only of a cold and rigorous reason, was deeply captivated when I encountered the concepts of beauty and the sublime that he treats in this book. He defines the beauty we feel in contemplating art or nature as a disinterested, pure pleasure that reckons no profit or purpose. His insight, revealing how an aesthetic experience beyond all calculation harmoniously links human sensibility and reason, is magnificent. It is a masterwork that awakens us to how a gaze that beholds the world as beautiful is itself the completion of philosophy.
"Taste is the faculty of estimating an object or a mode of representation by means of a delight or aversion apart from any interest."Immanuel Kant, Critique of Judgment
"취미 판단은 어떠한 관심도 섞이지 않은 채 대상에 화합하는 아름다움을 판정하는 능력이다."
🌱Apply It Today
Today, find one thing you can feel is simply beautiful, with no purpose or gain attached. A roadside flower or a single sentence, give yourself a moment of pure appreciation.
