Nietzsche’s genealogy of the beauty in reference to the ascetic ideal of the philosopher

The paper interprets Nietzsche?s genealogy of the beauty. First, Schopenhauer?s ascetic position and his influence on Wagner are analyzed. Secondly, Kant?s ascetic ideal of a beauty view of impersonality, universality and disinterestedness is analyzed. Stendhal?s notion of the beauty as a ?promise of happiness? is then considered. This notion is understood as an anti-ascetic landmark in the genealogy of the beauty. In the end, it is shown that the genealogical criticism of the philosopher?s aesthetic experience in the form of an ascetic ideal opens Nietzsche?s possibility to show and emphasize the biological foundations of the beauty as an aesthetic value.