Abstract
In Adorno's aesthetics, there is a natural beauty with a particular form: it has no clear concept, but only undefinable and impalpable characteristics. This distinguishes it from rational things, for the essence of natural beauty is unconditional and transcendent. Being transcendent, it is beyond reason. Since indefinability and mystique are appearances presented at its experience level, natural beauty can only be referred to through detour and negation. The rationale for Adorno's set of natural beauty originates from Kant's aesthetics. Like Kant, Adorno distinguishes knowledge from beauty; he differs from Kant in that Kant draws natural beauty from experience and leads it to transcendent morality, whereas Adorno intends to employ natural beauty, which is metaphysical and theological, to present the truth of art.
First Page
210
Last Page
216
Recommended Citation
Wang, Ting. 2020. "Indefinability, Mystique and Theological Implication in Adorno's Natural Beauty." Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art 40, (3): pp.210-216. https://tsla.researchcommons.org/journal/vol40/iss3/10
