I wrote:

 "The best of Mozart affords me an experience I prize;
> ditto the best of Van Gogh, and best of Dickinson. But am I
> justified in calling all of them instances of a sui generis
> event called "aesthetic experience"?"

William responded: "What is the best of Van Gogh and how do we know it?" 

Oof. In fact William caught me in a stupid/careless locution. I was not 
justified in saying "The best". More correctly it should have read: 

"Much of Mozart affords me an experience I prize;
> ditto much of Van Gogh, and much of Dickinson. But am I
> justified in calling all of them instances of a sui generis
> event called "aesthetic experience"?"


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