两种美的观念说

Two Thoughts on the Notion of Beauty

"美的观念"是当代美学理论的重要范畴,也是蔡仪形象思维说的最高理论形态。蔡仪认为美的观念不同于一般科学概念,有突出的具体形象性,而又具备理智认识功能。实际上,蔡仪美的观念说存在美的观念与概念的矛盾,形象的繁多性与种类本质的抽象性的矛盾,形象的客观形式性与心理或想象的主观性的矛盾,是先验形象的任意联系组合。吕荧关于美是社会存在的观念反映的"美的观念"说更具合理性。美学上不能简单地划分主观派与客观派,美属于意识的范畴,对美的考察不能脱离生产活动和社会矛盾运动。

The concept of beauty is the important category in the modem aesthetic theory. Caiyi thought that the concept of beauty was different from general science concept. It has obvious quality of concrete image and available of recognition function. In fact, Caiyi＇ s theory about the concept of beauty has many contradictions, such as the contradiction between the concept and the concept of beauty, the contradiction between imaging diversity and abstract of kinds and so on. Caiyi＇ s theory about the concept of beauty is the random combination of prior imagination. On the contrast, Lu Ying＇ s theory about the concept of beauty has more reasonability than Caiyi.