Abstract: The basic philosophical spirits of Plato’s aesthetic theory has always been debated by scholars.Although his theory expressed the conflict of the inner part of the soul,the philosophical spirits of “reason-divinity” was still predominant,which was strongly obvious in “the theory of memory” and “the theory of ladder”.“The theory of memory” expounded on how the reason conquered desire through a metaphor about the horse-drawn carriage of soul;while “the theory of ladder” explained how soul pursued the form of beauty by peeling off the sensible perceptions.Therefore,Plato’s aesthetic thought expressed a spirit of “reason-divinity” that led Plato’s aesthetic thoughts to staring at the permanent truth and looking up to divine beauty through the conflicts between feelings,desire and reason-divinity.

Key words: reason, divinity, &ldquo, the theory of memory&rdquo, &ldquo, the theory of ladder&rdquo