Augustine and the Inventio of the Aesthetic Form as Forma Trinitatis

Abstract

The objective of this article is to indicate the advent of the forma aesthetica in Saint Augustine, in terms of human relations, against the backdrop of space and time, as a participation in the giving and receiving of the forma Trinitatis, which as an aesthetic form is the splendor of truth and beauty. Specifically, we concentrate on that tract of his writings described in books VI to VIII of De Trinitate.