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Ideas for 'Saundaranandakavya', 'Twilight of the Idols' and 'Distinct Indiscernibles and the Bundle Theory'

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21. Aesthetics / A. Aesthetic Experience / 5. Natural Beauty
The beautiful never stands alone; it derives from man's pleasure in man [Nietzsche]
     Full Idea: Anyone who tried to divorce the beautiful from man's pleasure in man would at once feel the ground give way beneath him. The 'beautiful in itself' is not even a concept, merely a phrase.
     From: Friedrich Nietzsche (Twilight of the Idols [1889], 8.19)
     A reaction: I love the insult 'not even a concept'! It's like Pauli's 'not even wrong'!
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.