{"id":67496,"date":"2025-09-02T20:45:37","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T18:45:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dasgoetheanum.com\/?p=67496"},"modified":"2025-09-02T20:46:06","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T18:46:06","slug":"aesthetics-as-a-spiritual-path","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dasgoetheanum.com\/en\/aesthetics-as-a-spiritual-path\/","title":{"rendered":"Aesthetics as a Spiritual Path"},"content":{"rendered":"The topic of polarities came up in a conversation with Bodo von Plato on his research into aesthetics. Polarities constitute the world, and aesthetic practice can help raise them to a higher level. Bodo came to the conclusion that aesthetic practice is anthroposophy. We found these thoughts inspiring and invited him for another conversation to learn more about what he means by \u201caesthetic practice\u201d and how it can be developed. Interview by Louis Def\u00e8che.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLouis Def\u00e8che: How do you understand \u201caesthetic practice\u201d today?\n\n\n\nBodo von Plato: More and more, I see aesthetic practice as the ability to connect things that appear separated or stand in opposition. This is, for me, the most important characteristic of aesthetic practice. In Ancient Greek, aesthetics meant perception: s<div class=\"leaky_paywall_message_wrap\"><div id=\"leaky_paywall_message\">Would you like to keep reading? We're pleased to present our Summer 2026 offer, valid until August 8: <a href=\"https:\/\/dasgoetheanum.com\/en\/subscribe\/\"> three months of free access <\/a> \u2013 cancel anytime.\r\n<br><br>\r\nIf you're already a subscriber, <a href=\"#\" class=\"modal-tr\" data-type=\"latl\">please log in here<\/a> to continue reading.<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The topic of polarities came up in a conversation with Bodo von Plato on his research into aesthetics. Polarities constitute the world, and aesthetic practice can help raise them to a higher level. Bodo came to the conclusion that aesthetic practice is anthroposophy. We found these thoughts inspiring and invited him for another conversation to learn more about what he means by \u201caesthetic practice\u201d and how it can be developed. Interview by Louis Def\u00e8che. Louis Def\u00e8che: How do you understand [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9170,"featured_media":67205,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11288,8797],"tags":[11686,8798,11687],"class_list":["post-67496","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artwork","category-conversation-en","tag-ausgabe-33-34-2025-en","tag-deepening","tag-english-issue-36-2025"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dasgoetheanum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67496","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dasgoetheanum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dasgoetheanum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dasgoetheanum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9170"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dasgoetheanum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67496"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dasgoetheanum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67496\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dasgoetheanum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67205"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dasgoetheanum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67496"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dasgoetheanum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67496"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dasgoetheanum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67496"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}