The Status of Aisthesis in Plotinus' Aesthetics on Functions of Reception and Apprehension

• Project/Area Number: 15K02118
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Aesthetics and studies on art
• Research Institution: Hiroshima City University
• Principal Investigator: Sekimura Makoto 広島市立大学, 国際学部, 教授 (20269583)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2017)
• Budget Amount: ¥2,730,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥630,000); Fiscal Year 2017: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000); Fiscal Year 2016: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000); Fiscal Year 2015: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
• Keywords: 感覚 / プロティノス

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this research, I tried to examine specificity of sensitive function in Plotinus’ aesthetic thought through analitycal interpretation of his texts concerning apprehensive activity which is integrated into his philosophical structure and relates sense-perception and intellectual recognition. By clarifying dynamic relation between passive perception and active recognition, I attempted to scrutinize the soul’s sensitive faculty and consider sense-perception as a necessary starting point for the apprehension of intelligible beings.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Immanence of beauty and sensitive function in Plotinus (2017)
  • Author(s): Makoto Sekimura
  • Journal Title: Proceedings of ICA 2016, Seoul National University Volume: 1 Pages: 460-464
• [Journal Article] <i>Eidos</i> chez Plotin et forme chez Michel Henry : une étude comparative de leurs réflexions esthétiques (2017)
  • Author(s): 関村誠
  • Journal Title: MICHEL HENRY STUDIES Volume: 7 Issue: 0 Pages: 41-61
  • DOI: 10.20678/henrykenkyu.7.0_41
  • NAID: 130007051257
  • ISSN: 2185-7873, 2189-6836
  • Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Presentation] Sensation et intellection dans la pensee de la beaute chez Plotin (2017)
  • Author(s): Makoto Sekimura
  • Organizer: トゥールーズ・カトリック大学 哲学セミナー
  • Place of Presentation: トゥールーズ・カトリック大学、フランス
  • Year and Date: 2017-03-10
  • Invited
• [Presentation] Sense-perception and Apprehension of Forms in Plotinus (2017)
  • Author(s): Makoto Sekimura
  • Organizer: The Fifth Logos and Arete Conference: Aesthetic Perception and Moral Sentiment in New Perspective
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Sensation et beaute dans les pensees japonaise et occidentale (2016)
  • Author(s): Makoto Sekimura
  • Organizer: フランス語哲学会連合（ASPLF）大会
  • Place of Presentation: アレクサンドル・ヨアン・クザ大学、ヤシ、ルーマニア
  • Year and Date: 2016-08-24
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Immanence of Beauty and Sensitive function in Plotinus (2016)
  • Author(s): Makoto Sekimura
  • Organizer: 国際美学会
  • Place of Presentation: ソウル大学、韓国
  • Year and Date: 2016-07-26
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] ミシェル・アンリのカンディンスキー論におけるフォルムとプロティノスのエイドス (2016)
  • Author(s): 関村誠
  • Organizer: 日本ミシェル・アンリ哲学会
  • Place of Presentation: 龍谷大学大阪梅田キャンパス
  • Year and Date: 2016-06-11
• [Presentation] La sensation de la forme chez Plotin et Watsuji (2015)
  • Author(s): Makoto Sekimura
  • Organizer: La Sicilia nel contesto della civilta europa e Mediterranea
  • Place of Presentation: Palermo
  • Year and Date: 2015-05-22