Nauka o pięknie w Rosji początku XIX wieku. Wprowadzenie do estetyki Piotra Gieorgijewskiego

Abstract

The article presents the situation in the Russian aesthetics in the beginning of the 19th century. One of the most talented young theoreticians of the time was Peter Georgievsky. His considerations devoted to aesthetics began with attempts to define the subject and to collect historical information on the development of various aesthetic concepts. His critical- -theoretical works also discuss the important question of the aesthetic object, and prove the multi-aspectual nature of his interest in beauty. In many of his works, Georgievsky quotes the West-European philosophers, especially Kant, Baumgarten and Schopenhauer. He frequently argues openly with their theses, explicitly criticizing the premises of the theory of beauty and the question of aesthetic taste. However, in several cases the Russian theoretician contradicts himself, and conforms to the aesthetic thought widely propagated at the time.