Iwa l'Ewa
The Intersection of Aesthetics and Metaphysics
in
Classical Yoruba Philosophy
Human Being to Being in General
Oluwatoyin Vincent Adepoju
Comparative Cognitive Processes and Systems
"Exploring Every Corner of the Cosmos in Search of Knowledge"
Igba Iwa, the Calabash of Existence.
Iwa l'Ewa
Character is beauty
Iwa l'Ewa
Inner self is beauty
Iwa l'Ewa
Inward configuration is beauty
Iwa l'Ewa
Interior configuration is beauty
Iwa l'Ewa
The interior aesthetic configuration that defines individual being
Iwa l'Ewa
The inner aesthetic form that constitutes the essence of individual existence
Iwa l'Ewa
The aesthetic form that constitutes the essence of individual being
Iwa l'Ewa
The inner aesthetic form that constitutes essential individual existence
Iwa l'Ewa
Essential nature is beauty[1]
Iwa l'Ewa
Inward beauty in manifestation
Iwa l'Ewa
Existence is defined by inward beauty
Iwa l'Ewa
The inward configuration of being is an aesthetic form
Iwa l'Ewa
Being is beauty
Iwa l'Ewa
The aesthetic essence manifest as being
Iwa l'Ewa
The aesthetic essence of being
Iwa l'Ewa
Being in its aesthetic essence
Iwa l'Ewa
Being in its aesthetic configuration
Iwa l'Ewa
The consummation of existence in beauty
Iwa l'Ewa
The aesthetic configuration constituted by the essence of being
Iwa l'Ewa
Existence in its intrinsic aesthetic potency
Iwa l'Ewa
The beauty of existence is its essence
Iwa l'Ewa
The configuration of beauty that is the essence of being
Iwa l'Ewa
The inward aesthetic form that defines existence
[1] By Olabiyi Babalola Yai in review of Yoruba: Nine Centuries of African Art and Thoughtby Henry John Drewal; John Pemberton; Rowland Abiodun; Allen Wardwell. African Arts, Vol. 25,No. 1 (Jan., 1992), 20+22+24+26+29. 22.
InspirationalTexts
Rowland Abiodun, "The Future of African Art Studies, : An African Perspective", African Art Studies: The Sate of the Discipline. Washington: TheSmithsonian, 1987.63-89.
Babatunde Lawal, "Divinity,Creativity and Humanity in Yoruba Aesthetics", Before Pangaea :New Essays in Transcultural Aesthetics. Edited by Eugenio Benitez.Volume 15, Number 1 Special Issue 2005. 161-174.
Olabiyi Babalola Yai, Review of Yoruba: Nine Centuries of African Art and Thought by Henry John Drewal; John Pemberton; Rowland Abiodun; Allen Wardwell. African Arts, Vol. 25, No. 1 (Jan.,1992), 20+22+24+26+29.
HenryJohn Drewal; John Pemberton; Rowland Abiodun; Allen Wardwell, Yoruba: Nine Centuries of African Art andThought.New York :The Centre for African Art.1989.42.
Wande Abimbola, "Iwapele :The Concept of Good Character in Ifa Literary Corpus", Yoruba Oral Tradition. ed. by Wande Abimbola. Ile Ife :University of Ife, 1975
[1] Olabiyi Babalola Yai, Review of Yoruba: Nine Centuries of African Art and Thought by Henry John Drewal; John Pemberton; Rowland Abiodun; Allen Wardwell. African Arts, Vol. 25,No. 1 (Jan., 1992), 20+22+24+26+29. 22., quoting Yoruba: Nine Centuries of African Art and Thought by Henry John Drewal; John Pemberton; Rowland Abiodun; Allen Wardwell. New York: The Centre for African Art.1989.42.
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