TEORIILE FRUMOSULUI ÎN DIALOGUL HIPPIAS MAIOR AL LUI PLATON. COMPREHENSIUNE, CONTEXTE, INFLUENȚE
THE THEORIES OF BEAUTY IN PLATO'S HIPPIAS MAJOR. UNDERSTANDING, CONTEXTS, INFLUENCES

Summary/Abstract: The study analyzes the theoretical reasoning underlying the conceptions of beauty in Plato's Hippias Maior, both within the context of Platonic philosophy and contemporary aesthetics, and reconstructs the aesthetic ideas presented in the dialogue. It also examines the significant influence of these ideas on subsequent philosophers, from Antiquity to the present day, highlighting the importance of Plato's theory of „beauty in itself.” Plato's major contribution to aesthetics in Hippias Maior is the introduction of an ontological perspective on beauty, seen as an essential and objective reality, which profoundly shaped the development of Western aesthetics. Although Plato rejects the conceptions of beauty expressed by Hippias, these ideas, along with Plato's theory of the „absolute beauty,” have deeply influenced later philosophical and aesthetic thought. The contemplation of beauty opens the path to universal and immutable truths, a concept that he would further develop in other major dialogues, such as Phaedo and Symposium.

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