
Ep. 321: August Schlegel on Beauty (Part Two)
The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast
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Introduction
Kant's distinction between free beauty versus accessory beauty. Pre-supposes no purpose. Beauty implicates perposiveness without purpose right we've talked about that before. Any form of beauty in nature seems to Suggest that there's something about the world which makes it design Specifically for our cognitive faculties not just to give us the pleasure of beauty But for us to understand it if it weren't designed that way we couldn't comprehend it or we wouldn't find it beautiful.
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