노자 미학의 사유형식과 은유⋅은폐의 논리

Abstract

Tao by Laozi is a holistic and implicated notion in Laozi aesthetics. The importance of holistic beauty comes from time speculation which is a way of thinking in Laozi aesthetics. The analogy in “a log”, “a valley” and “a mother” expresses the invisible Tao and conveys time speculation which contains the untouched original implication in common. The philosophy of Laozi, a way of thinking in time speculation puts a profound meaning on the beginning. Laozi aesthetics also is a way of thinking in time speculation which is undifferentiated from the philosophy that is based on the original holistic theory. The emphasis on holistic aesthetics is revealed through metaphors and concealments. The fundamental thinking principle of Laozi interprets that the holistic theory is concealed by the existing linguistic value judgment. There is no distinct between beautiful and ugly nor relative. Ugliness converges into beauty. Passages such as “ forms without forms” and “ flavors without flavors” refers to the characteristics of Laozi’s philosophy and explains the paradox of beauty of ugliness in the theory which returns to the being of form and flavors at the end. The restoration of aesthetic holistic theory is emphasized through metaphors and concealments. The aesthetical value is a matter of different perception in Laozi’s theory. Tao in aesthetic holistic theory is not “being” but “ becoming”. In others words, it exists according to individual experience and recognition. Laozi’s theory is recognized as a fundamental root of traditional arts in certain Eastern Asia for its forms and theory with metaphors and concealments and emphasis on aesthetic holistic character from time speculation not for its notions such as “nothingness” or “nonbeing”.