Re: A Stretch on Aesthetics?

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Posted by Marvin Amstey on April 26, 1999 at 09:17:15:

In Reply to: Re: A Stretch on Aesthetics? posted by Jerry Silverman on April 25, 1999 at 23:48:47:

: : Dear Marvin,

: : I'm not sure that it happened in the second quarter of the 19th century either. I am pretty confident that this is what's generally believed, though, which is what I said.

: : Steve Price

: In a discipline which usually confines itself to the questions "what," "where," "who," and "when," the most difficult - and least addressed - is "why." Why, by its very nature, goes to intent. Discerning the intent of the long dead is a task of deductive reasoning which may find itself susceptible to multiple interpretations.

: Such is our task that Steve has set for us.

: -Jerry-

Wow! That's quite a task: interpreting the intent of the dead? Can we really do that? Marvin

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: : : Dear Marvin, : : : I'm not sure that it happened in the second quarter of the 19th century either. I am pretty confident that this is what's generally believed, though, which is what I said. : : : Steve Price : : In a discipline which usually confines itself to the questions "what," "where," "who," and "when," the most difficult - and least addressed - is "why." Why, by its very nature, goes to intent. Discerning the intent of the long dead is a task of deductive reasoning which may find itself susceptible to multiple interpretations. : : Such is our task that Steve has set for us. : : -Jerry- : Wow! That's quite a task: interpreting the intent of the dead? Can we really do that? Marvin

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