The Sense of Beauty 🏛️✨
Part of The Carlyle Lectures – The Shape of Democracy, this fifth lecture is delivered by Jill Frank, President White Professor of History & Political Science at Cornell University. Turning to Plato’s Philebus, Frank examines how beauty, measure, and proportion shape human judgment — and how these aesthetic concepts inform democratic practices.
The lecture explores how cultivating a “sense of beauty” can support more balanced, attentive, and responsible forms of political engagement.
What to expect:
- 🎨 A philosophical exploration of beauty, measure, and proportion in Plato’s Philebus
- 🧠Insights into how aesthetic judgment relates to democratic decision‑making
- 🏺 Reflections on how beauty can guide ethical and political life