Do you Camus?
August 10, 2020 3:39 PM Subscribe
I've just read some of Camus, the Myth of Sisyphus. I like what he said about nature and beauty ...
in which he emphasizes the separation of human being and beauty/nature:
With what intensity nature can negate us.
At the heart of all beauty lies something inhuman.
What have others (philosopher, author, whatever) said along similar lines?
in which he emphasizes the separation of human being and beauty/nature:
With what intensity nature can negate us.
At the heart of all beauty lies something inhuman.
What have others (philosopher, author, whatever) said along similar lines?
Like Bertran said- it sounds like the concept of the sublime. I have a paper on this if you're interested (which contains various references).
Besides this, Schopenhauer thinks that beauty is an experience where we are temporarily released from the striving of the will. This is an extension of Kant's notion of 'disinterested' pleasure- pleasure that is disconnected from our practical purposes. However, there's a whole other tradition on beauty that emphasises its connection with human purposes (e.g. sexual desire).
posted by leibniz at 2:37 AM on August 13, 2020 [1 favorite]
Besides this, Schopenhauer thinks that beauty is an experience where we are temporarily released from the striving of the will. This is an extension of Kant's notion of 'disinterested' pleasure- pleasure that is disconnected from our practical purposes. However, there's a whole other tradition on beauty that emphasises its connection with human purposes (e.g. sexual desire).
posted by leibniz at 2:37 AM on August 13, 2020 [1 favorite]
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posted by bertran at 8:19 PM on August 10, 2020 [1 favorite]