The Aesthetic Harmony of How Life Should Be Lived: Van Gogh, Socrates, Nietzsche.

The article explores the aesthetic harmony of how life should be lived through the unity of exchange between emotion and thinking. It also demonstrates the significance of art or aesthetics as a category of philosophical instruction. Meanwhile, on the second part of the essay, the authors present an overview on how philosophers lived their lives, including Van Gogh, Socrates and Friedrich Nietzshe. The authors also discuss the pedagogical implication of their investigation in terms of cognitive function of art. Moreover, the authors present conclusion along with some general remarks in relation to the importance of teaching introduction to philosophy through art or aesthetics.