What is Beautiful for Bishop Antun Mahnić?

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Prilozi za istraživanje hrvatske filozofske baštine, Vol. 52. No. 1 (103), 2026.

Original scientific paper

https://doi.org/10.52685/pihfb.52.1(103).2

What is Beautiful for Bishop Antun Mahnić?

Davor Pećnjak ; Institute of Philosophy, Zagreb, Croatia

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APA 6th Edition

Pećnjak, D. (2026). What is Beautiful for Bishop Antun Mahnić?. Prilozi za istraživanje hrvatske filozofske baštine, 52. (1 (103)), 33-45. https://doi.org/10.52685/pihfb.52.1(103).2

MLA 8th Edition

Pećnjak, Davor. "What is Beautiful for Bishop Antun Mahnić?." Prilozi za istraživanje hrvatske filozofske baštine, vol. 52., no. 1 (103), 2026, pp. 33-45. https://doi.org/10.52685/pihfb.52.1(103).2. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.

Chicago 17th Edition

Pećnjak, Davor. "What is Beautiful for Bishop Antun Mahnić?." Prilozi za istraživanje hrvatske filozofske baštine 52., no. 1 (103) (2026): 33-45. https://doi.org/10.52685/pihfb.52.1(103).2

Harvard

Pećnjak, D. (2026). 'What is Beautiful for Bishop Antun Mahnić?', Prilozi za istraživanje hrvatske filozofske baštine, 52.(1 (103)), pp. 33-45. https://doi.org/10.52685/pihfb.52.1(103).2

Vancouver

Pećnjak D. What is Beautiful for Bishop Antun Mahnić?. Prilozi za istraživanje hrvatske filozofske baštine [Internet]. 2026 [cited 2026 July 01];52.(1 (103)):33-45. https://doi.org/10.52685/pihfb.52.1(103).2

IEEE

D. Pećnjak, "What is Beautiful for Bishop Antun Mahnić?", Prilozi za istraživanje hrvatske filozofske baštine, vol.52., no. 1 (103), pp. 33-45, 2026. [Online]. https://doi.org/10.52685/pihfb.52.1(103).2

Abstract

In this article, I present and analyse arguments and theory about what is beautiful and what is beauty, according to bishop Mahnić (1850–1920) from his article “Što je lijepo?” [“What is beautiful?”]. Mahnić advocates traditional thory of beauty and the beautiful, which is drawn mostly, but not exclusively, from St. Thomas Aquinas. Mahnić gives reasons and examples that beauty consists in unity in diversity, and that it is defined by three conditions which he took from st. Thomas Aquinas: integrity or perfection, due proportion or harmony, brightness or clarity. Mahnić also claims that what is beautiful has subjective and objective properties.

Keywords

Antun Mahnić; beautiful; beauty; harmony; proportions; pleasure; unity; diversity

Hrčak ID:

346880

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/346880

Publication date:

5.5.2026.

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