The Most Beautiful Possible World:On the Renaissance Implication of Leibniz's Aesthetic Thought
Leibniz believed that the real world is"the best world among all possible worlds".From an aesthetic perspective,this proposition can also be understood that the real world is"the most beautiful world among all possible worlds".Compared with the philo-sophical trends of Leibniz's contemporaries and aesthetic development in later generations,Leibniz's aesthetic thought has a certain"Re-naissance"implication,that is,the rebirth of classical aesthetic thought in the context of modern philosophy.Specifically,Leibniz sup-ports the idea of"the identity of Beauty and Goodness",which has profound classical philosophical roots:beauty is the expression of the perfection and essence of things,and beauty has an objective metaphysical basis,rather than just subjective aesthetic taste or prefer-ence,thus reaffirming the principle of unity of truth,goodness,and beauty.At the same time,the perception of"harmony"constitutes the basic connotation of beauty,and as an important concept in Leibniz's philosophy,harmony expresses the unity of diversity.At the same time,Leibniz uses many aesthetic images to explain the connotation of the concept of harmony.Leibniz's aesthetic ideas also con-tain ethical values,and the perception of beauty is closely related to personal happy life:the meaning of life is not only to pursue the best life,but also to pursue the most beautiful life,which is inevitably accompanied by a sustained and universal sense of pleasure.Therefore,an attempt to examine the basic viewpoints of Leibnizian philosophy from an aesthetic perspective may provide a new path for interpreting Leibnizian philosophy and modern philosophical traditions.
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