[lbo-talk] Shakespeare

joanna 123hop at comcast.net
Fri Dec 7 17:40:44 PST 2007


Chris Doss wrote:


>It reminds me of Kant's explanation of why observing
>beauty causes pleasure -- the understanding cannot
>cognize the object in any final sense. This is all
>well and good, but why is it pleasurable?
>
Because it is much more pleasurable to act as One--to comprehend with your whole being--than to exercise your brain, which is really very computer like: the more, the less, the same, yawn.

Joanna



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