Wednesday, August 21, 2024

Aug 23– From "A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful" (1757) by Edmund Burke

 It's ok, 1D figured it out.

Aug 23– From A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful (1757) by Edmund Burke

Summary: Beauty is not purely defined by proportionality or function.

Commentary: You know how they say you can't prove a negative? Burke gives a great demonstration here by going on for pages about how some things aren't what makes something beautiful, but still fails to define beauty.

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Oct 4– From “Demosthenes” from Plutarch’s Lives translated by Dryden and revised by Arthur Hugh Clough

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