Go as far back as you wish and no-one can say what good and bad are in universal terms. The ancients settled on "making man better" but that is simply passing the buck since no one can say what makes anyone "good" except case by case, each with its own precepts. We make up the rules of the good-bad game and go with them until the fans are bored and all the players have changed sides too often. Then someone starts a new game down the road in an old sandlot and the fans stray to it. wc
----- Original Message ---- From: joseph berg <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tue, November 16, 2010 12:20:39 AM Subject: Re: Can art exist without authority? Isn't part of what aesthetics is supposed to be about knowing the difference between good and bad art? On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 7:20 PM, Saul Ostrow <[email protected]> wrote: > How would one know the difference at that point > > > On 11/16/10 12:16 AM, "joseph berg" <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 2:08 PM, joseph berg <[email protected]> wrote: > > > - *Good art weathers* the ages because once in so often a man of > > intelligence commands the mass to adore it. > > > > *Ezra* Pound > > > > > Without authority, won't the bad eventually push out the good? > > > > --
