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Appreciating nature in view of practical aesthetics

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Appreciating nature may at its best feature have three levels of experience according to practical aesthetics. The first level is more sensuous as it largely pleases the ear and eye, the second level is more psychological as it chiefly pleases the mind and mood, and the third level is more sublimate as it mainly pleases the will and spirit. In Chinese culture the affinity between man and nature can be traced back to the traditional conception of tian ren he yi 天人合一 as heaven-human oneness, which will be ultimately conducive to the artistic realm or aesthetic state of being.

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  1. Beijing International Studies University, Beijing, 100024, China

    Wang Keping

  2. Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing, 100732, China

    Wang Keping

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This paper was delivered at the XVI International Congress of Aesthetics on “Changes in Aesthetics” held during 18–23 July 2004 in Rio De Janiero, Brazil.

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Wang, K. Appreciating nature in view of practical aesthetics. Front. Philos. China 2, 140–149 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11466-007-0009-z

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