17 ideas
18543 | Do aesthetic reasons count as reasons, if they are rejectable without contradiction? [Scruton] |
18542 | Defining truth presupposes that there can be a true definition [Scruton] |
20416 | By 1790 aestheticians were mainly trying to explain individual artistic genius [Kemp] |
18550 | Art gives us imaginary worlds which we can view impartially [Scruton] |
18546 | The pleasure taken in beauty also aims at understanding and valuing [Scruton] |
18544 | Maybe 'beauty' is too loaded, and we should talk of fittingness or harmony [Scruton] |
18553 | Beauty shows us what we should want in order to achieve human fulfilment [Scruton] |
18556 | Beauty is rationally founded, inviting meaning, comparison and self-reflection [Scruton] |
18548 | Natural beauty reassures us that the world is where we belong [Scruton] |
18551 | Croce says art makes inarticulate intuitions conscious; rival views say the audience is the main concern [Scruton] |
20417 | Expression can be either necessary for art, or sufficient for art (or even both) [Kemp] |
20419 | We don't already know what to express, and then seek means of expressing it [Kemp] |
20418 | The horror expressed in some works of art could equallly be expressed by other means [Kemp] |
18541 | Beauty (unlike truth and goodness) is questionable as an ultimate value [Scruton] |
13304 | Learned men gain more in one day than others do in a lifetime [Posidonius] |
18554 | Prostitution is wrong because it hardens the soul, since soul and body are one [Scruton] |
20820 | Time is an interval of motion, or the measure of speed [Posidonius, by Stobaeus] |