# Aesthetics — What Makes a Thing Beautiful?

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Category: Philosophy
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Updated: 2026-05-15T22:19:42.623Z
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## Summary

What makes a thing beautiful? Key sections include: AESTHETICS; Plato Beauty as a Form; Aristotle Mimesis & Catharsis; David Hume Of the Standard of Taste; Immanuel Kant Purposiveness Without Purpose; The Sublime Beauty + Awe + Terror; The Romantic Turn Beauty in the Wild & the Strange; Leo Tolstoy Art as Emotional Infection; Modernism Art for Art's Sake; The Institutional Theory The Artworld Decides.

## Slide Outline

1. AESTHETICS
2. Plato Beauty as a Form
3. Aristotle Mimesis & Catharsis
4. David Hume Of the Standard of Taste
5. Immanuel Kant Purposiveness Without Purpose
6. The Sublime Beauty + Awe + Terror
7. The Romantic Turn Beauty in the Wild & the Strange
8. Leo Tolstoy Art as Emotional Infection
9. Modernism Art for Art's Sake
10. The Institutional Theory The Artworld Decides
11. Cross-cultural Aesthetics Other Standards, Other Eyes
12. The Present Crisis AI & the Cheap Beautiful Image
13. For Further Looking References & Lectures

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