e senses do not increase by sharing,rt t^ and sometimes cannot be shared at all; theyare, moreover, evanescent, leaving us noricher; above all, they cultivate in ourselvesqualities useful only for that particular enjoy-ment. Thus, a highly discriminating palatemay have saved the life of animals and… … ELIGHT in beautiful thingsand in beautiful thoughts re-quires, therefore, a consider-able exercise of the will andS the attention, such as is notJjdemanded by our lower enjoy-ments. Indeed, it is probably this absence ofmoral and intellectual effort which recom-mends such lower kinds of pleasure to…
Aesthetics
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