On On Beauty
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On "On Beauty", Elaine Scarry, 1999
Began reading yesterday. A second reading will be necessary but for now-
Finished section 1 - Beauty, and Being Wrong
To summarise
-> Beauty is worthwhile (?) because it intrigues us, often we misinterpret something's 'beauty' value - in a very broad sense - through either under- or overattribution. When we realise our mistake we examine more closely to find the truth.
-> Also because of replication, in short, 'beauty inspires'
Beauty, and Being Fair
Scarry talks about a divide between beauty and the sublime (divided up by Kant), though it seems to me an arbitary divide - perhaps there is simply more to be understood?
Also, she claims that thre is a connection between beauty and aliveness
And beauty and vulnerability - for the beholder. That this wasn't the case was news to me...
Kant thought that experience of the sublime depended on the viewer rather than the object itself
-> "A virtuous person fears God without being afraid of Him"?
Is fear at the root of beauty? There may be a case for that, too
Want, Christopher and Klimowski, Andrzej, 1996, Kant For Beginners, Icon Books Ltd. Cambridge
Scarry, Elaine, 2000, On Beauty and Being Just, Gerald Duckworth & Co. Ltd., London
Beauty, and Being Fair
Scarry talks about a divide between beauty and the sublime (divided up by Kant), though it seems to me an arbitary divide - perhaps there is simply more to be understood?
Also, she claims that thre is a connection between beauty and aliveness
And beauty and vulnerability - for the beholder. That this wasn't the case was news to me...
Kant thought that experience of the sublime depended on the viewer rather than the object itself
-> "A virtuous person fears God without being afraid of Him"?
Is fear at the root of beauty? There may be a case for that, too
Want, Christopher and Klimowski, Andrzej, 1996, Kant For Beginners, Icon Books Ltd. Cambridge
Scarry, Elaine, 2000, On Beauty and Being Just, Gerald Duckworth & Co. Ltd., London
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