Group: humanities.philosophy.objectivism
From: Puppet_Sock
Date: Friday, April 04, 2008 9:21 AM
Subject: Re: Is "beauty" intrinsic or subjective?

On Apr 3, 2:36 pm, Mark Sieving wrote:
> On Apr 3, 1:12 pm, Puppet_Sock wrote:
> >  Maybe you think that
> > beauty is something that we don't act to gain or keep.
>
> Well, I've never acted to gain or keep a beautiful sunset.  There is a
> conception of beauty as something simply to be admired, not possessed.

Sigh. So you just *accidentally* had your head turned
in the direction of that sunset, and you just *happened*
to have your eyes focussed correctly to see it. And you
didn't actually make any deviation from the actions you
would have taken had there not been a sunset.

Sure. Sure. And you want to buy *this* watch also.
Socks