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  1. In retrospect, modern aesthetics is seen to have emerged at the end of the 17th and in the 18th centuries, with the term ‘aesthetic’ being coined by Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten (1714–62) in 1735 from the Greek aisthētikos [αἰσθητικός].

    Many of the early thinkers considered mathematical beauty to be an archetypical form of beauty and integrated it into their theories.

    For example, Jean-Pierre de Crousaz (1663–1750) and Francis Hutcheson (1694–1746) both analysed beauty in terms of ‘unity (or uniformity) amidst variety’. Hutcheson thought that this explained why regular polyhedra were more beautiful than irregular ones, and that Archimedes' celebrated theorem

    ‘The ratios of volumes of a cylinder, its inscribed sphere, and a cone of equal base and height are 3 ∶ 2 ∶ 1’

    was more beautiful than the less precise

    ‘A cylinder has greater volume than an inscribed sphere, which in turn has greater volume than a cone of equal base and height’

    because they had equal variety (since they applied to the same objects), but the first theorem had greater unity.

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    #aesthetics #HistPhil #Baumgarten #Crousaz #Hutcheson #UnityAmidstVariety #UniformityAmidstVariety #MathematicalBeauty

  2. In retrospect, modern aesthetics is seen to have emerged at the end of the 17th and in the 18th centuries, with the term ‘aesthetic’ being coined by Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten (1714–62) in 1735 from the Greek aisthētikos [αἰσθητικός].

    Many of the early thinkers considered mathematical beauty to be an archetypical form of beauty and integrated it into their theories.

    For example, Jean-Pierre de Crousaz (1663–1750) and Francis Hutcheson (1694–1746) both analysed beauty in terms of ‘unity (or uniformity) amidst variety’. Hutcheson thought that this explained why regular polyhedra were more beautiful than irregular ones, and that Archimedes' celebrated theorem

    ‘The ratios of volumes of a cylinder, its inscribed sphere, and a cone of equal base and height are 3 ∶ 2 ∶ 1’

    was more beautiful than the less precise

    ‘A cylinder has greater volume than an inscribed sphere, which in turn has greater volume than a cone of equal base and height’

    because they had equal variety (since they applied to the same objects), but the first theorem had greater unity.

    1/3

    #aesthetics #HistPhil #Baumgarten #Crousaz #Hutcheson #UnityAmidstVariety #UniformityAmidstVariety #MathematicalBeauty

  3. In retrospect, modern aesthetics is seen to have emerged at the end of the 17th and in the 18th centuries, with the term ‘aesthetic’ being coined by Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten (1714–62) in 1735 from the Greek aisthētikos [αἰσθητικός].

    Many of the early thinkers considered mathematical beauty to be an archetypical form of beauty and integrated it into their theories.

    For example, Jean-Pierre de Crousaz (1663–1750) and Francis Hutcheson (1694–1746) both analysed beauty in terms of ‘unity (or uniformity) amidst variety’. Hutcheson thought that this explained why regular polyhedra were more beautiful than irregular ones, and that Archimedes' celebrated theorem

    ‘The ratios of volumes of a cylinder, its inscribed sphere, and a cone of equal base and height are 3 ∶ 2 ∶ 1’

    was more beautiful than the less precise

    ‘A cylinder has greater volume than an inscribed sphere, which in turn has greater volume than a cone of equal base and height’

    because they had equal variety (since they applied to the same objects), but the first theorem had greater unity.

    1/3

    #aesthetics #HistPhil #Baumgarten #Crousaz #Hutcheson #UnityAmidstVariety #UniformityAmidstVariety #MathematicalBeauty

  4. In retrospect, modern aesthetics is seen to have emerged at the end of the 17th and in the 18th centuries, with the term ‘aesthetic’ being coined by Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten (1714–62) in 1735 from the Greek aisthētikos [αἰσθητικός].

    Many of the early thinkers considered mathematical beauty to be an archetypical form of beauty and integrated it into their theories.

    For example, Jean-Pierre de Crousaz (1663–1750) and Francis Hutcheson (1694–1746) both analysed beauty in terms of ‘unity (or uniformity) amidst variety’. Hutcheson thought that this explained why regular polyhedra were more beautiful than irregular ones, and that Archimedes' celebrated theorem

    ‘The ratios of volumes of a cylinder, its inscribed sphere, and a cone of equal base and height are 3 ∶ 2 ∶ 1’

    was more beautiful than the less precise

    ‘A cylinder has greater volume than an inscribed sphere, which in turn has greater volume than a cone of equal base and height’

    because they had equal variety (since they applied to the same objects), but the first theorem had greater unity.

    1/3

    #aesthetics #HistPhil #Baumgarten #Crousaz #Hutcheson #UnityAmidstVariety #UniformityAmidstVariety #MathematicalBeauty

  5. In retrospect, modern aesthetics is seen to have emerged at the end of the 17th and in the 18th centuries, with the term ‘aesthetic’ being coined by Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten (1714–62) in 1735 from the Greek aisthētikos [αἰσθητικός].

    Many of the early thinkers considered mathematical beauty to be an archetypical form of beauty and integrated it into their theories.

    For example, Jean-Pierre de Crousaz (1663–1750) and Francis Hutcheson (1694–1746) both analysed beauty in terms of ‘unity (or uniformity) amidst variety’. Hutcheson thought that this explained why regular polyhedra were more beautiful than irregular ones, and that Archimedes' celebrated theorem

    ‘The ratios of volumes of a cylinder, its inscribed sphere, and a cone of equal base and height are 3 ∶ 2 ∶ 1’

    was more beautiful than the less precise

    ‘A cylinder has greater volume than an inscribed sphere, which in turn has greater volume than a cone of equal base and height’

    because they had equal variety (since they applied to the same objects), but the first theorem had greater unity.

    1/3

    #aesthetics #HistPhil #Baumgarten #Crousaz #Hutcheson #UnityAmidstVariety #UniformityAmidstVariety #MathematicalBeauty

  6. #Das! #NDR

    Inka #Bause so:
    "Hasse meine Ohrringe gesehn?"
    [ Kamera zoomt ran ]
    "Das sind Elche"

    #Hinnerk korrigierend so:
    "Das sind Rentiere!"

    Jez ma ehrlich, dieser #Baumgarten , der is als Baby wohl echt ma vom Wickeltisch gekullert.

  7. Wien – Baumgarten
    84km, 400hm

    Die Mid­life Cri­sis ist wegen Lie­fer­pro­ble­men (Hin­ter­rad­na­be) um eine Woche ver­scho­ben, also bre­chen wir noch ein­mal mit den Rei­se­rä­dern auf in den Nord­wind. Wir fah­ren natür­lich nach Süden, denn in die ande­re Rich­tung wür­de man ja sofort erfrie­ren. Tut man sowie­so, sobald man mal die Rich­tung ändern muss, und auch die Mit­tags­pau­se vor dem Spar in Ebreichs­dorf war sehr gechillt. Ungewohnt […]

    Gudrun in Radausflug

    More: le-chat-a-velo.at/2025/10/wien

    #Baumgarten #BaumgartenPajngrt #Burgenland #GySEV #hitzesudern #Intec #Leitha #Marchfeld #Niederösterreich #ÖBB #Reiserad #SoproniMedence #Steinfeld #ViertelUntermWienerwald #Weinviertel

  8. #Kunz kann die Kaderplanung für Liga2 kommende Saison beginnen. Es wird diesem Verein nicht gelingen, zu reflektieren, dass der Bild-Zeitungs-Wunschtrainer #baumgarten eher durch großes Mundwerk, Show-Einlagen an der Seitenlinie und die Mütze auffällt, als durch Leistung. Was haben die Protagonisten der letzten 8 Jahre nur aus diesem #HSV gemacht….. zum heulen