Single Idea 8110

[catalogued under 21. Aesthetics / A. Aesthetic Experience / 4. Beauty]

Full Idea

Leibniz identified beauty with intellectual perfection.

Gist of Idea

Leibniz identified beauty with intellectual perfection

Source

report of Gottfried Leibniz (works [1690]) by Sebastian Gardner - Aesthetics 1.2.1

Book Reference

'Philosophy: a Guide Through the Subject', ed/tr. Grayling,A.C. [OUP 1995], p.590


A Reaction

Well he would, wouldn't he? Swots like Leibniz are inclined to value things which only they can fully appreciate. There may be intellectual subject matter in the study of a rose, but I do not believe that it is needed to appreciate the beauty.