
Ep. 321: August Schlegel on Beauty (Part Two)
The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast
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The Plenitude of Interpretation
Aesthetics is the a handmade in the philosophy departments, right? everybody does other disciplines first, but I think there's something brutally crucial about The fact that as a discipline but also as a human experience it is intensely personal. It is somehow has this notion of connectedness And it's messy and that's what human experience is likeIt provides a basis for discussion and debate and agreement or disagreement in ways that other things can'tI feel like this is greatly enriching my life This aspect of connectedness I think is It's a big theme for Schlegel and he pulls in the very aspect of language and communication through aesthetic as being a primary component of aesthetic experience.
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