To Marvel at the Manifold Connections: Philosophy, Biology, and Laudato Si’
One of the aims of Laudato Si’ is to help us “marvel at the manifold connections existing among creatures”, to show how we are also involved, and to motivate us thereby to care for our common home. Are there new dimensions of beauty available to us today because of recent advances in biology? In thi...
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| Language: | English |
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Ed. Pontificia Univ. Gregoriana
2021
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Gregorianum
Year: 2021, Volume: 102, Issue: 3, Pages: 617-631 |
| Further subjects: | B
Ecologia
B Uexküll B Laudato Si’ B Canguilhem B ambiente B bellezza |
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| Summary: | One of the aims of Laudato Si’ is to help us “marvel at the manifold connections existing among creatures”, to show how we are also involved, and to motivate us thereby to care for our common home. Are there new dimensions of beauty available to us today because of recent advances in biology? In this paper I seek to answer this question by first recalling the basic criteria for beauty, as expressed by Aristotle and Aquinas, and then evaluating their applicability as regards three ways in which some prominent twentieth century philosophers of biology have sought to overcome the limitations of reductionism. The overall argument refers especially to the works of Jakob von Uexküll and Georges Canguilhem. The results indicate that harmony, proportion, and integrity in the natural order should be more evident than ever before, especially as regards the way the organism and its environment codetermine eachother. This insight allows a deeper appreciation of the message of Laudato Si’. |
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