Nature of Beauty—Beauty of Nature.Sonja Servomaa -2005 -Dialogue and Universalism 15 (1-2):19-28.detailsIn this essay I wish to discuss the theme of wisdom from within the field of aesthetics and to present the aesthetics of Japanese flower art of ikebana, kadô, as an example. Concepts of nature, beauty and wisdom will be related to each other: we have plenty of knowledge of nature, but we need deep wisdom to understand nature of beauty, and spiritual wisdom to see and enjoy beauty of nature. Through flower art of ikebana I search to discover the (...) essence of beauty of nature, a path to wisdom within the saying “See beauty in nature, cultivate elegance in spirit”. (shrink)