“ A beautynot perceived is a pleasure not felt, and a contradiction. ”
George Santayana, The Sense of Beauty (1896). copy citation
Author | George Santayana |
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Source | The Sense of Beauty |
Topic | contradiction pleasure |
Date | 1896 |
Language | English |
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Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/26842/26842-h/26842-h.htm |
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“Beauty, as we have seen, is a value; it cannot be conceived as an independent existence which affects our senses and which we consequently perceive. It exists in perception, and cannot exist otherwise. A beautynot perceived is a pleasure not felt, and a contradiction. But modern philosophy has taught us to say the same thing of every element of the perceived world; all are sensations; and their grouping into objects imagined to be permanent and external is the work of certain habits of our intelligence.”
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