Philosophical Writings

Author(s): Hemant Shah
Publisher: Academy of Philosophy

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and Brahamanism, I simply note that highly solemn and serene music in recitation of the hyinns and prayer songs, in the beautiful statues and temple achitecture what is reflected is their quest for Beauty. Both believed the highest beauty is the Soul in state of equanimity - full of compassion for each and every living being.
2.6.5. I will conclude the Beauty in Indian thought by quoting two of Indian's great personalities of the 20th century;
Sri Aurobindo: a philosopher, yogi and a poet; and Rabindranath Tagore - a noble loriate and poet of Gitanjali. Sri Aurobindo says: a “As Light and knowledge are the powers of psyche,
or Chetna so are Love and Beauty the powers of Bliss or Ananda."28 “The Good and the Beauty are one and the same, and that is the fundamental truth of existence."29 "The best form of God's manifestion in the material world is through Beauty. Material world is a world of forms and to have pure form in it is to have Beauty."3!? “Beauty is the Divine language of the form." Rabindranath Tagore in his lecture on what is Art ? says “In art the person in us is sending its answers to the Supreme person, who reveals Himself to us in a world of endless beauty across the lightless world of
facts.”31 3. BEAUTY AS A VALUE
3.1 The Axiological Conception of Beauty :
The Axiological conception of Beauty discusses beauty as a value. In order to understand beauty as a value trom philosophical point of view we will have to first know all about Value'- what is a value? What are the types or kinds of value? What is the Role of values in our life ? Beauty as a value and its influence, like that of other values, on our life - these are some of the questions whose answers we must attempt.