Sentences with phrase «esthetic purposes»

The products of the so - called «fine arts» are exclusively devoted to esthetic purposes, but they are not the sole objects of esthetic concern.

Instruction in good table manners serves more than esthetic purposes, for good table etiquette preserves the sense of leisure and order and the relaxed atmosphere which are requisite to good health.

If, on the one hand, the azulejos of Portinari fulfill a functional as well as an esthetic purpose and are an important part of the design of the building, on the other hand both pieces of sculpture, by Lipchitz and Giorgi, fail to make a notable contribution.

Not exact matches

Kierkegaard's purpose in these discourses was to make it clear that for him as a writer the religious did not follow the «esthetic» but was present from the very beginning, that he was a writer for whom in the very midst of his «esthetic productivity,» the religious was the telos of his work.

In principle, physical education provides the best opportunity for the harmonious development of the entire person, through contests of skill in which intelligence, esthetic imagination, social sensitivity, and moral purpose are channeled through significant physical activity.

When thoroughgoing materialism is accepted — a merely physical cosmos, lacking spiritual origin, purpose, or destiny, with man and his esthetic and ethical values only a transient fortuity — there is no further mystery in suffering.

These purposes define the idea or form of the esthetic object or act in a somewhat more restricted fashion than is the case where the artist is free to follow his own imagination without limit.

Emotional maturity is judged by such criteria as sense of proportion, correspondence of feelings with reality, unity of purpose, and flexibility — all of which are of an esthetic nature.

In contrast, under a philosophy of worth the major purposes of esthetic education are: first, to enable individuals to respond to higher orders of qualitative significance and insight; and, second, to stimulate criticism of popular mediocrity and to discourage uncritical conformity to mass convention.

By the purity of an esthetic object one could mean its ideality, in the sense that no alien elements intrude into it, or one could mean its sincerity, in the sense that it reveals but one purpose.

Under the subjective view, esthetic education can, of course, serve two purposes.

It does not have a lot of athletic carry - over though, so anyone who use it does so more for esthetic / physique - building purpose than strength or performance.

Whatever purpose might be to buy this accessory, the bags role isn't just practical but also esthetic and good for your mood.