humanities.philosophy.objectivism

On Thu, 03 Apr 2008 11:36:57 -0700, Mark Sieving
wrote:

>On Apr 3, 1:12 pm, Puppet_Sock wrote:
>>
>> Maybe you think that
>> beauty is something that we don't act to gain or keep.
>
>Well, I've never acted to gain or keep a beautiful sunset. There is a
>conception of beauty as something simply to be admired, not possessed.

He is perhaps arguing that such experiences are acquired, and perhaps
even kept in memory. However, they are not physical things to be
possessed. What Objectivists like to forget is that the aesthetic
experience is a feeling, not a judgment, thus they conflate the moral
with the aesthetic.
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