The Aesthetic Dimension in the Thought of Najib Al-Hasadi

Abstract

Abstract: This study investigates the aesthetic dimension in the thought of Najib Al-Hasadi through his conceptual project on art and beauty. In his work Not by Reason Alone, Al-Hasadi achieved a significant intellectual shift, moving from the rationalist orientation that had long shaped his philosophical framework to a more affective dimension, which became clearly manifest in his aesthetic sensitivity toward art, beauty, and literature. This transformation contributed to the crystallization of his literary philosophy, as he came to recognize, through an enriched emotional awareness, that human nature cannot be grounded solely in reason. Indeed, many aspects of the human self-fall outside the domain of logic and rational dominance.