Marx was no scientist. Besides he doesn't define 'mere existence' which at best is a subjective opinion. Also for him mere existence was the basis for his arguments, the lower it was the better for his thesis.
The bottom line is that people do what aids their survival. It's been shown that primitive tribes that have a stronbg storytelling vtradition fare better than those who don't. wc ----- Original Message ---- From: saul ostrow <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Fri, August 17, 2012 6:01:51 PM Subject: Re: Is art/aesthetics/this listserv just part of the irrelevant minutiae of life? according to Marx life lived and enjoyed does not begin until we are freed from the burden of mere existence On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 3:42 PM, William Conger <[email protected]>wrote: > If that's what humanity does then it's not irrelevant because humans have > succeeded evolutionarily. Species that go awry and do stuff that's not > important to their survival don't survive. > wc > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: joseph berg <[email protected]> > To: aesthetics-l <[email protected]> > Sent: Fri, August 17, 2012 2:35:23 PM > Subject: Is art/aesthetics/this listserv just part of the irrelevant > minutiae > of life? > > "...Society, once freed from the burden of merely existing, begins to focus > more on the irrelevant minutiae of life?" > > >http://kaganof.com/kagablog/2012/03/02/5-suna-no-onna-woman-in-the-dunes-hiroshi-teshigahara-1961-jap/ >/ > > -- S a u l O s t r o w *Critical Voices* 21STREETPROJECTS 162 West 21 St NYC, NY 10011 [email protected]
