Platonism

Cornelius Jansen (1585-1638) [Aquoi, Louvain, Paris, Ypres]. Jansen tended to support the Augustinians in a struggle against the Jesuits, whom he accused of granting absolution without sufficient regard for the disposition of penitents. He maintained that the utter corruption of human nature made man helpless, without free will, and completely dependent upon the grace of God for salvation. He and his followers (the Jasenists) were noted for their severity and moral rigorism. Jasen was…

In Addison Gayle Jr.’s “Cultural Strangulation” he analyzes literature through history and how it affects the representation and understanding of the black aesthetic. Gayle acknowledges the existence of the white Aesthetic was a major prominent in early literature. This is shown when Gayle states that in literature that was created in early Greece specifically In The Symposium, Plato divides the universe into spheres. In one sphere, the lower, one finds the forms of beauty; in the other, higher…

There are countless people you could analyze for philosophers on metaphysics. Immanuel Kant is seen as the central figure for modern philosophy. He changed early modern rationalism and empiricism and set term for most of 19th and 20th century philosophy. He continues to have a great significance in today’s metaphysics. He also has an influence in epistemology, ethics, political, and many other fields. Kant has many theories but his main theory was “critical philosophy”, seen in his three…

Albert Camus was born on November 7, 1913 in Mondovi, Algeria. He was the second son of Catherine Marie Cardona, a house-keeper and factory worker, and Lucien Auguste Camus, a military veteran. But, however, after the WWI in which Camus is only a less than a year old, his father suffered and died at the first battle of the Marne. Then after his father’s death, he, his brother and their mother moved and lived to his maternal uncle and grandmother in Algiers. At the local Ecole Communale Camus…

modern times. As stated by a Swiss historian in the nineteenth-century, the Renaissance was the “prototype of the modern world.” Humanism was introduced and spread by Francesco Petrarch, the “father of humanism,” as well as several other humanists. Platonism was briefly revived, and a new form of art called mannerism was popularized by Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, and Michelangelo. Overall, the new styles of art, the rise to new secular and scientific values, the beginnings of the approach to…

N.T. Wright words it this way, “The conservative Sadducee rejecting it, the more radical Pharisee embracing it, and other Jewish groups and individuals remaining ambiguous or in some cases opting for some form of Platonism.” This controversy of life after death was the highlight of the first century. It was believed that the resurrection is a point where Gods creation and Gods justice meet. With this said, it determines that what we do does matter on earth. This controversy…

In Platonism what is beautiful, is true and Good. It suggests that beauty, truth and Good are inseparable. But Baudelaire’s aesthetics lays in the notion of disbelief the ideal beauty. He denies the equivalence of beautiful with Good and also rejects the idea…

The ancient Roman Empire was one of the most successful civilizations to have ever existed. It stretched from the shores of modern day Portugal, to the deserts of modern day Turkey, from the mountain ranges of northern Italy, to the shores of north Africa, the Roman Empire was a massive undertaking filled with all older cultures and cultural traditions meshed into one. The government system was so complex and cutting edge, and in addition, the idea of a citizen was developed into the government…

This soon becomes Plato’s own philosophical movement, known as Platonism where this society, known as Plato’s Utopia is imagined. However it becomes evident that there is a fine line between utopia and dystopia as it soon starts to resemble a strict class system, separated even further through the incredibly authoritarian…

Elegance, delicacy and exquisiteness are three words which sums up the perspective of the Early Renaissance. During this movement there were many influential painters. Extraordinary works of art were created during tumultuous times. There was an immense amount of outside beliefs from society which had an impact on the art that was created. One artist in particular who dealt with these ideologies was Alessandro Botticelli. Botticelli was an Italian painter of the Early Renaissance who worked…