The Petrified Will: Architectural Symmetry and Schopenhauer's Symmetrical Architecture

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https://doi.org/10.5902/2179378687304

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Schopenhauer, Architecture, Classicism

Abstract

The article seeks to analyze Schopenhauer's neoclassicist position on architecture, which is rooted in the Vitruvian aesthetics reborn in modernity, marked by the importance given to symmetry for the constitution of forms in the work of art. It also deals with his rejection of Gothic architecture based on this neoclassical posture. It is worth verifying in what sense the attachment to the symmetrical rationality of architecture in the anti-Enlightenment philosophy of the philosopher of the blind and irrational Will is sustainable.

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Jarlee Oliveira Silva Salviano, Universidade Federal da Bahia

Post-doctorate in Philosophy from the University of São Paulo (USP) with a research internship at Johannes Gutenberg-Universität de Mainz-Germany (2021-2022).

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Published

2024-10-30

How to Cite

Salviano, J. O. S. (2024). The Petrified Will: Architectural Symmetry and Schopenhauer’s Symmetrical Architecture. Voluntas: International Journal of Philosophy, 15(2), e87304. https://doi.org/10.5902/2179378687304

Issue

Vol. 15 No. 2 (2024): Special Issue Schopenhauer: Society and Culture - Ed. 35

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Ed. Especial Schopenhauer: Sociedade e Cultura

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