Aesthetics Thinkers Definitions

Aesthetics (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠nothing but applied physiology: objections to music are objections of the foot, the stomach, the intestines.

Aesthetics (n.) hitherto ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠has been a woman's aesthetics, formulated only by the receivers of art; in all philosophy hitherto the artist is lacking.

Aesthetics (n.) has ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠always judged art from the spectator's seat — and a less and less artistic spectator; Nietzsche demands an aesthetics of creation, of Pygmalion.

Aesthetics (n.) in ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠its wars, like other wars, is decided in the end by force and not by reason, and Gluck counts as right against Piccini because he won and force was on his side.

Aesthetics (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the only way that existence can be justified (or made bearable for us). Man must himself become a work of art, an aesthetic phenomenon.

Aesthetics (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠devoid of the distinction between subjective and objective. This is because the subject (i.e. The willing individual with his own personal demands) is the enemy of what art is, not its origin.