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I think so, yes.

Yes. I meant that Aristotle is talking about unpleasant emotions and how they still are part of art.

Similar to Aristotle's idea of catharsis.

So it is the quality of the writing and its form which gives the property beauty.

How would you define beauty?

I do not.

Poking your eyes out seems grotesque. I don't think most people consider Stein's writing to be ugly.

It is both, no?

Example?

Ugliness is not new--Greek tragedies can get pretty ugly.

Years ago I read Burke. Not the whole book, no.

What book?

I guess. I never got much from Burke.

What is not for everybody?

Basically, evil does not have power but is petty.

Then we are done.

I see you have no idea how to make an argument.

What a philosophical argument is not: Posting someone's text without explaining how it is evidence for your argument.. Posting a link to something and...

Citation means, post the text of Aristotle with its source. "Read this," is not an argument.

The way I would explain a philosophical argument is: 1. X is true. (Here is what I think.) 2. Here is why X is true. (Reasons.) 3. Some say X is false...

Aristotle never said that. Cite something if you have it.

Every experience is unique therefore there is nothing to be said about it.

Yes, and often they did nothing.

No, not what he said. But I forget his name.

Very little to nothing is self evident. As one philosopher said, if anything was self evident there would be no philosophy.

If I do not agree it is not self evident. But, seriously, if you don't want a discussion it's fine.

Not really. Opining is not an argument.

I do not agree.

A beautiful sunset is meaningful. But the next day an okay sunset has no meaning? Please explain.

You are correct, he calls it dialetheism.

No; whatever "heart" is.

Yes, agree with that.

Okay.

Oh, that's what sketches are for. I never lost my work.

I don't know what this means.

Comes from my sense of the world and how I think the world looks.

I have an idea of what a painting should look like before i start.

Yes, the how but not why.

Creation of what?

Meaning. Depends on the artform. Painting is about pictures and images.

What does beauty have to do with art? I've been a painter (artist) over 35 years and don't know why some obsess over beauty.

someone else to ignore

I will never read your posts again.

I do not think the self which underlies is anything but all those aspects.

Yes, I understand English.

I think the idea of the self is something of a fetish. Hume's critique of identity is accurate. There are multiple selves without there being an ident...

Trump spoke to a crowd wearing military body armor that it was time to march on the Capitol. Legal prosecution will show he was planning this.

'Private language' means you have a language no else has.

This may not be a good comparison, but I think of Wittgenstein's notion of private language. You ask some how tall are you and the person puts his han...

Yes. How does it feel to be me? How does it feel to be the person in front of me at the grocery store? I have no idea and I do not think it is a real ...