Combining Philosophers

Ideas for Lynch,MP/Glasgow,JM, Friedrich Nietzsche and Benjamin Lee Whorf

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21. Aesthetics / B. Nature of Art / 4. Art as Expression
Artists are not especially passionate, but they pretend to be [Nietzsche]
     Full Idea: Artists are by no means people of great passion, but they often pretend to be.
     From: Friedrich Nietzsche (Human, All Too Human [1878], 211)
     A reaction: Presumably people can gradually become what they consistently pretend to be.
21. Aesthetics / B. Nature of Art / 8. The Arts / a. Music
Without music life would be a mistake [Nietzsche]
     Full Idea: Without music life would be a mistake.
     From: Friedrich Nietzsche (Twilight of the Idols [1889], Maxim 33)
     A reaction: Cf Schopenhauer in Idea 21469. If you, dear reader, don't love music, then I sincerely hope that there is something in your life which can match it.