[lit-ideas] Re: Beauty, anyone?

  • From: Eric <mr.eric.yost@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2007 17:59:23 -0500

>>cannot share the enthusiasm for Scarry's book
Robert, a silly question, is that a philosopher's take on the book? In other words, does your evaluation of the book rise or fall on the presence or absence of convincing arguments, or can you be swayed by her unprovable assertions (such as beauty leading toward justice) and find that the eloquence of her survey redeems the book?
Who says more about beauty -- Santayana or Rilke? Who is the expert, the aesthetician or the artist? 

Without the slightest idea,
Eric

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