You cleverly distort what I wrote, or don't read mindfully. I don't distinguish biological systems from physical laws. It would be stupid. Biological systems have additional laws to deal with and human biological systems have more additional laws of information to deal with, like psychology and language. Everything is based on physical laws, even spirituality of humans. Boris Shoshensky To: [email protected] Subject: RE: Beauty is considered to be the culmination or perfection of speci fic qualities Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2009 12:47:14 GMT
Boris wants to set the human "spiritual component" apart (and above) the rest of biology, and then distinguish biological systems from physical laws, and he's not alone is he? These distinctions are so embedded in modern, secular, European thought, Boris only needs to assert them, no further explanation is required. But joining the various pre-modern traditions, I'm more aware of a "spiritual component" in everything, and the attraction between the earth and sun is not so categorically different from the attraction between a man and his wife. (so it needs to be nurtured and renewed with rituals, prayers, and such, and I would far rather see my city build a temple to the sun rather than another luxury high-rise). The attraction of the bee for the flower is not so different as the attraction that I have for the paintings of Rembrandt and Titian.(as well as for flowers) Recently, by way of asserting our exclusive rights to the kitchen, we've installed some pheromone insect traps beneath the refrigerator. Those poor creatures are helplessly attracted to their doom. But just so -- if a special exhibit of Titian (early rather than late!) were held in the local museum, and the gallery floors were painted with glue, I would get just as stuck. (BTW, if "To use the word attraction in the connection between earth and sun is stupid", then such stupidity is rampant. Look up "Gravity" on Wikipedia. As I'm sure Boris knows, gravity is a very complex, difficult subject, and while we can accurately measure its attraction, we really can't account for it. Just like our attraction for beautiful art - even if we can't list specific qualities ) >I am sorry I complemented you on separating human attraction to the aesthetic of beauty in arts and human and animal attraction to purely physiological elements in the mechanisms of survival. I don't like recycled discussions, but I will help clarify your own writing for you. Experiencing the work of art is much more then attraction of a bee to the flower. The difference is a spiritual component and involvement of a human creation. To use the word attraction in the connection between earth and sun is stupid, so I try to avoid to do that. They are not biological systems. Their survival depends on physical laws, not 'Darwinism'. Boris Shoshensky ____________________________________________________________ Improve your driving ability with a stop at traffic school. Click now! http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL2231/fc/BLSrjnxXvt5R8xRmMeb32UILXAhxt9 bPA1wO7qoH3TxKKaqAx1H7E0jTRAk/
