November 30, 2023
Professional drummer turned Dominican monk Father Bradley Elliott joins us on the podcast to talk about his book. The Artistic Form of the Mind: Exploring the Metaphysical Connection between Art and Morality in the Thought of Thomas AquinasThemes include:
- God’s creative activity and man’s ability to participate in the governance of the world
- Human artistic activity not only imitates nature, but also enhances it.
- The fusion of Aristotelian and Neoplatonist currents in St. Thomas’s artistic theory
- How Aristotle robbed Plato of his concept of nature, and Plotinus of his concept of imitation.
- Comparing artistic virtue with human virtue and with the virtue of contemplation
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