The aesthetic idea of "extensive clarity" and its genesis in Wolffian philosophy
Journal title RIVISTA DI STORIA DELLA FILOSOFIA
Author/s Alessandro Nannini
Publishing Year 2014 Issue 2014/3
Language Italian Pages 22 P. 421-442 File size 82 KB
DOI 10.3280/SF2014-003002
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In this essay, the Author outlines the genesis of Baumgarten’s idea of "extensive clarity" in Wolffian philosophy. Starting from Wolff’s analysis of examples and their singular clarity, the focus is on the rhetorical and philosophical achievements of Johann Peter Reusch. In particular, the aim is to show the importance of two dichotomies introduced by Reusch - the distinction between "sensual" and "intellectual" clarity and that between the extensive and the intensive perfection of cognition - in the development of Baumgarten’s more famous distinction between extensive and intensive clarity and, in general, in the foundation of modern aesthetics.
Keywords: Baumgarten, extensive clarity, Wolff, Reusch, eighteenth-century aesthetics, intuitive cognition
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Alessandro Nannini, L’idea estetica di "chiarezza estensiva" e la sua genesi nella filosofia Wolffiana in "RIVISTA DI STORIA DELLA FILOSOFIA" 3/2014, pp 421-442, DOI: 10.3280/SF2014-003002