Dialectical Approach to Sustainable Aesthetic Geotourism Nature of Beauty, Beauty in Nature and Judgment of Beauty

In his search for sublimity, modern man aboard the titanic frigate of civilization has journeyed through the tempestuous waters of industrialization in a hope to land on the far coast of serenity and peace. In man’s imagination, of all the paths leading to peace pleasure-seeking is one and of all the causes of pleasure beauty has always been the most royal. In this article, Without overestimating the value of the natural beauties and overlooking that of the artistic works as Plato had done, the authors can say the natural beauty is the answer to the natural need of man, and if this natural need is going to be satisfied through touring in the nature, we can enjoy a much better and more favorable satisfaction of our need for beauty in nature as well as keeping ourselves from falling prey to the pitfalls caused by the blurriness and shadowiness of our perception of the concept of beauty. To put it in a nutshell, touring in the nature is among the effective factors helping to clarify and illuminate the man's mental concept of beauty, which in itself can open a more reliable horizon toward developing a sustainable geotourism based on natural aesthetics.

کلیدواژه ها:

Geotourism ، Beauty ، Nature ، Aesthetics ، natural aesthetics ، Sustainable aesthetic geotourism ، Dialectics ، Judgment of beauty