Comments on: One of the Pleasures of Life http://ellis14.wordpress.com/2008/03/14/one-of-the-pleasures-of-life/ philosophy, politics, science, atheism, religion, ethics, life, objectivism Tue, 22 Dec 2009 00:16:58 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Burgess Laughlin http://ellis14.wordpress.com/2008/03/14/one-of-the-pleasures-of-life/#comment-4554 Burgess Laughlin Sun, 16 Mar 2008 11:44:35 +0000 http://ellis14.wordpress.com/2008/03/14/one-of-the-pleasures-of-life/#comment-4554 Ergo Says: 15 March, 2008 at 9:34 am <i>Actually, if you read The Romantic Manifesto, you’ll get a good idea of the essential importance of art in human life. A phrase in it goes, “Art is the technology of the soul.” Art, literally, is nourishment for the human soul [...]</i> I have read <i>The Romantic Manifesto</i> closely. I don't recall that sentence about art being the technology of the soul. Could you cite a page? I have the hardback. If you have the paperback edition could you name the section, so that I can find the sentence? Ergo Says: 15 March, 2008 at 9:34 am Actually, if you read The Romantic Manifesto, you’ll get a good idea of the essential importance of art in human life. A phrase in it goes, “Art is the technology of the soul.” Art, literally, is nourishment for the human soul [...]

I have read The Romantic Manifesto closely. I don’t recall that sentence about art being the technology of the soul. Could you cite a page? I have the hardback. If you have the paperback edition could you name the section, so that I can find the sentence?

]]> By: plonkee @ the religious atheist http://ellis14.wordpress.com/2008/03/14/one-of-the-pleasures-of-life/#comment-4537 plonkee @ the religious atheist Sat, 15 Mar 2008 11:37:13 +0000 http://ellis14.wordpress.com/2008/03/14/one-of-the-pleasures-of-life/#comment-4537 I'm a big fan of music. I'm always pleased / grateful that I live here and now, when music is available pretty much on tap. I’m a big fan of music. I’m always pleased / grateful that I live here and now, when music is available pretty much on tap.

]]> By: Ergo http://ellis14.wordpress.com/2008/03/14/one-of-the-pleasures-of-life/#comment-4535 Ergo Sat, 15 Mar 2008 09:34:37 +0000 http://ellis14.wordpress.com/2008/03/14/one-of-the-pleasures-of-life/#comment-4535 Actually, if you read The Romantic Manifesto, you'll get a good idea of the essential importance of art in human life. A phrase in it goes, "Art is the technology of the soul." Art, literally, is nourishment for the human soul just as food is nourishment for the human body. And since man is an indivisible entity of consciousness and body, art is integral to the wholistic nourishment of man, that is, of survival as man qua man, not just survival as man qua physical brute. There is so much more to say about art, I'd highly recommend The Romantic Manifesto to get a greater appreciation of its importance to human life. Actually, if you read The Romantic Manifesto, you’ll get a good idea of the essential importance of art in human life. A phrase in it goes, “Art is the technology of the soul.” Art, literally, is nourishment for the human soul just as food is nourishment for the human body. And since man is an indivisible entity of consciousness and body, art is integral to the wholistic nourishment of man, that is, of survival as man qua man, not just survival as man qua physical brute.

There is so much more to say about art, I’d highly recommend The Romantic Manifesto to get a greater appreciation of its importance to human life.

]]> By: John Morales http://ellis14.wordpress.com/2008/03/14/one-of-the-pleasures-of-life/#comment-4532 John Morales Sat, 15 Mar 2008 03:04:35 +0000 http://ellis14.wordpress.com/2008/03/14/one-of-the-pleasures-of-life/#comment-4532 Granted that music is one of the pleasures of life, I presume that when you further claim that <i>A life without art, without music, would be no life at all. It would be soulless.</i> you are being rhetorical. Everydayman: I'm pretty sure I could live without music. Or, to rephrase, taking music away from my life would not take my life. Granted that music is one of the pleasures of life, I presume that when you further claim that A life without art, without music, would be no life at all. It would be soulless. you are being rhetorical.

Everydayman: I’m pretty sure I could live without music. Or, to rephrase, taking music away from my life would not take my life.

]]> By: everydayman http://ellis14.wordpress.com/2008/03/14/one-of-the-pleasures-of-life/#comment-4525 everydayman Fri, 14 Mar 2008 21:07:29 +0000 http://ellis14.wordpress.com/2008/03/14/one-of-the-pleasures-of-life/#comment-4525 I totally agree with you. Nice point there. Actually, music is very essential for me in ways that it serves as my every soundtrack for every mood, and events that happened every day. Music is life. http://3critical.wordpress.com I totally agree with you. Nice point there.

Actually, music is very essential for me in ways that it serves as my every soundtrack for every mood, and events that happened every day.

Music is life.

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