Harry Pollard wrote:
[snip]
On the other hand, can art never be evil? Can it only be beautiful?
[snip]
I think, not just of the SS officers who enjoyed classical
music, but also of Dr. Edward Teller who I believe was a
fairly competent classical pianist.
--
I really think there are no easy answers, although there are
"things" which put an end to the discussion (e.g., one of the
discussant's dying of natural or other causes).
I think it is a very difficult balancing act: We do not
know were new ideas come to us from, and we never will, because
if we could have constructed the idea it wouldn't be really
new (Hume's anlysis of causality...). So we need to
subject every new idea to the critique of practical reason.
Ah! But practical reason itself is an idea which in its
turn stands in need of justification....
One thing I do believe: The reality of congenial conversation
among peers in leisure renders such issues less tormenting
to the participants in the conversation. I think it is
very different to ask why there is something rather than
nothing, to reflect on the vanity of life, etc. *among good
friends* than *alone*. That too is an assertion which
stands in need of critical examination -- but I'd much
prefer to examine it in good company than in isolation....
http://www.users.cloud9.net/~bradmcc/aboutTime.html#wisdom
\brad mccormick
--
Let your light so shine before men,
that they may see your good works.... (Matt 5:16)
Prove all things; hold fast that which is good. (1 Thes 5:21)
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