Noah's Ark, For The Human Spirit

The text, demonstrating the close relationship between aesthetic educationand pe]tfect personality, mainly shows the important significance and t;henecessity of aesthetic education to realize the perfect persona1ity. Its main clueis "lost paradise--aesthetic education--coming back to paradise ". Thereare sucJ3 four main parts related emphatically as "lost paradise", "aesthe1ficeducation -- a necessary way to perfect persona1ity ", "aesthetic--thenecessity of freedom, improvernent of human lives" and "pursuing poe1.icinhabitation ". Step by step, the relation is very systematic. It is clarified thatthe aestl3etic education is a necessary way to perfect personality, and it is shownthat the aesthetic education is very significant to recover human personality.The thesis consists of six parts.PaIt one is the introduction of the thesis. The author, standing at the heightof histo]py, has surveyed the hurnan spirit world with a wide view. The theme ofthe thesis is shown in this part. It is that aesthetic education has very greatsignificance in realizing the perfect personality.Pa1t two is "lost paradise--the tragic rhythm ot human spirit". It ist1rstly related that though the modern industria1 civilization has broughtunprecedented comfort and convenience to man, the human personality wasdissimilated. In addition to this, there are many bothers such as death,lone1iness, decline of body, disease, want, and so on. So human spirit has lost itsdependence and CDzy home. The edifice of human spirit is about to fa1l in.Part three is "aesthetic education-- a necessary way to perfectpersonality". Surveying the aesthetic thoughts of Chinese and western arts, it isdemonstrated that aesthetic education is the necessary way to perfectpersonality.Pa1t fOur is "aesthetic--the necessity of l:reedom, improvement ofhuman lives ". This is the core ol the thesis. On the base of the theory ofdialectical materialism, with the help of the research results that thepsychoanalysts and the gestalt psychologists got, it is demonstrated thataesthetic education is the way to perfect personality, freedom of spirit al1dimprovement of human lives.Pa]t five is "pursuing poetic inhabitance". The aesthetic education isconnected with the practice of life. It is further clarified that the aesthe1ficeducation has great realistic significance to human life. With the help ofaesthetic education, people will realize turning the life int() art and turning theart into life.Th'e last part is "the ending words". It is pointed out that the people in ourcountry have clearly understood the great significance of the aesthetic educationtoday, 'I'he author 1ooks to the aesthetic education in the twenty-first centurywith a high1y optimistic spirit.