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Full Idea
The many are the best judges of poetry and music; some judge some parts, some judge others, but their collective judgement is a verdict on all the parts.
Gist of Idea
The collective judgement of many people on art is better than that of an individual
Source
Aristotle (Politics [c.332 BCE], 1281b08)
Book Ref
Aristotle: 'Politics', ed/tr. Sinclair,T.A. /Saunders,T. [Penguin 1992], p.203
A Reaction
No one seems to believe this in modern times, but it was a lot easier to spot good art before the invention of the camera, and Duchamp's wretched Fountain.
| 2824 | The collective judgement of many people on art is better than that of an individual [Aristotle] |
| 6611 | One man's meat is another man's poison [Lucretius] |
| 5643 | Aesthetic values are not objectively valid, but we must treat them as if they are [Kant, by Scruton] |
| 20410 | The judgement of beauty is not cognitive, but relates, via imagination, to pleasurable feelings [Kant] |
| 21927 | Schopenhauer emphasises Ideas in art, unlike most romantics [Schopenhauer, by Lewis,PB] |
| 12161 | We can be objective about conventions, but love of art is needed to understand its traditions [Scruton] |
| 8111 | Aesthetic objectivists must explain pleasure being essential, but not in the object [Gardner] |
| 6604 | Saying 'It's all a matter to taste' ignores the properties of the object discussed [Fogelin] |