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Ep. 287: Roger Scruton on Beauty (Part One)

The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast

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The Importance of Beauty

Scruden says beauty is different because it can tempt us away from the truth. He doesn't want to go so far as Nelson Goodman who thinks that there's just no commensurability, he writes. Scruden: The enrapturing appeal of pretty things is one kind of beauty; there's also the sublime.

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