Robert Nozick Quote

Whatever the practical origins of aesthetic discernment may have been, it has been used to create great works of art. When the very loftiest human creations are seen to derive from humble origins and functions, what needs revision is not our esteem for these creations but our notion of nobility.


The Nature of Rationality (1993), Ch. V : Instrumental Rationality and Its Limits; Rationality's Imagination, p. 181


Whatever the practical origins of aesthetic discernment may have been, it has been used to create great works of art. When the very loftiest human...

Whatever the practical origins of aesthetic discernment may have been, it has been used to create great works of art. When the very loftiest human...

Whatever the practical origins of aesthetic discernment may have been, it has been used to create great works of art. When the very loftiest human...

Whatever the practical origins of aesthetic discernment may have been, it has been used to create great works of art. When the very loftiest human...