„Красотата ще спаси света“: формула и смисъл
“Beauty Will Save the World”: The Formula and Its Meaning
Author(s): Emil DimitrovSubject(s): Philosophy, Language studies, Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Aesthetics, Russian Literature
Published by: Институт по философия и социология при БАН
Keywords: beauty; Schiller; Christ; salvation; dividedness;
Summary/Abstract: The article presents a many-sided analysis of the famous phrase in Dostoyevsky’s The Idiot, “Beauty will save the world”. Presented here in the context of the Schillerian influences during Dostoyevsky’s youth, its originality is demonstrated. The article carefully examines the appearance of the phrase in the text of the novel, its relation to Prince Myshkin, and its later destiny, whereby it has become a stable formula with different emphases from those in the novel. In the context of the main theme of The Idiot, beauty is conceived ontologically, personalistically, and mystically: it is embodied in the God-man Christ, and as such is a transformative holy force. For Dostoyevsky, beauty saves because it is another word for God. Outside Christ, beauty can be only human, and hence is inevitably situation along the axis of good and evil.
Journal: Философски алтернативи
- Issue Year: XXVIII/2019
- Issue No: 3
- Page Range: 21-34
- Page Count: 14
- Language: English, Bulgarian
- Content File-PDF