the idea of beauty v the beauty of ideas

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   Nodger on April 30, 2023 at 1:05 am

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   Idea: the idea of beauty v the beauty of ideas

   Link: https://youtu.be/3MWpHQQ-wQg...

   Which talks more waffle – critics or their philosophers or their critics or their philosophers – reminded me of this great clip at https://youtu.be/3MWpHQQ-wQg

   A Bit of Fry & Laurie Concerning Language

   Link: https://youtu.be/3MWpHQQ-wQg

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   astronut on April 29, 2023 at 10:30 pm

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   Idea: the idea of beauty v the beauty of ideas

   Link: https://www.aei.org/economics/5-questions-...

   Ideas are tricky, here Zubrin discusses the effect of some of the world’s WORST ideas – the idea that there isn’t enough to go around – could be more damaging than good.

   Just a moment...

   Link: https://www.aei.org/economics/5-

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   Blinko on April 29, 2023 at 10:10 pm

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   Idea: the idea of beauty v the beauty of ideas

   Link: https://www.bl.uk/collection-items/burkes-...

   …. and the attraction of bad ideas – Burke discusses the attraction of the grotesque, the terrible and the uncontrollable, a stark contrast to the prevailing 18th-century preferences for the controlled and balanced.

   British Library

   Link: https://www.bl.uk/collection-ite

   The British Library

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  Mike on April 30, 2023 at 3:14 pm

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  Idea: the idea of beauty v the beauty of ideas

  Link: https://www.libertyfund.org/books/an-inqui...

  For me, and others, virtue is the key to good ideas. Being and doing good, not looking for fault and failure.

  An Inquiry into the Original of Our Ideas of Beauty and Virtue - Liberty Fund

  Link: https://www.libertyfund.org/book

  Francis Hutcheson’s first book, An Inquiry into the Original of Our Ideas of Beauty and Virtue, was published in 1725, when its author was only thirty-one, and went through four editions during his lifetime. This seminal text of the Scottish Enlightenment is now available for the first time in a v... Read more

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