Ideas from 'Beauty: a very short introduction' by Roger Scruton [2011], by Theme Structure
[found in 'Beauty: A Very Short Introduction' by Scruton,Roger [OUP 2011,978-0-19-922975-8]].
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2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 7. Status of Reason
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Do aesthetic reasons count as reasons, if they are rejectable without contradiction?
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3. Truth / A. Truth Problems / 2. Defining Truth
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Defining truth presupposes that there can be a true definition
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21. Aesthetics / A. Aesthetic Experience / 2. Aesthetic Attitude
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The pleasure taken in beauty also aims at understanding and valuing
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Art gives us imaginary worlds which we can view impartially
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21. Aesthetics / A. Aesthetic Experience / 4. Beauty
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Maybe 'beauty' is too loaded, and we should talk of fittingness or harmony
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Beauty shows us what we should want in order to achieve human fulfilment
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Beauty is rationally founded, inviting meaning, comparison and self-reflection
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21. Aesthetics / A. Aesthetic Experience / 5. Natural Beauty
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Natural beauty reassures us that the world is where we belong
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21. Aesthetics / B. Nature of Art / 4. Art as Expression
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Croce says art makes inarticulate intuitions conscious; rival views say the audience is the main concern
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22. Metaethics / B. Value / 1. Nature of Value / f. Ultimate value
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Beauty (unlike truth and goodness) is questionable as an ultimate value
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25. Social Practice / F. Life Issues / 5. Sexual Morality
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Prostitution is wrong because it hardens the soul, since soul and body are one
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