The Problem of Aesthetic Being. The Aesthetic Object in the Light of the Ontology of Nicolai Hartmann

In this article, I address the issue of the ontological status of the aesthetic object, which will be narrowed down to one problem, which can be expressed by the question: is the aesthetic object a being? This problem, of course, has numerous ramifications, which will find their expression in further parts of the article. The analyses conducted therein will concern: 1. the place of the aesthetic object in ontological considerations, especially whether it constitutes, on equal terms with real and ideal being, the object of ontological research; 2. its existential specificity (secondary to the reality and ideality of existence); 3. the similarity of the structure of the aesthetic object to the structure of the real world.