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The Aesthetic Sense of Life - A Philosophy of the Everyday (Paperback)
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The Aesthetic Sense of Life - A Philosophy of the Everyday (Paperback)
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The Aesthetic Sense of Life is a fast-moving book about how to see
the world and get value from living every day with the "everyday."
Do the infinite number of sensations we're surrounded with every
day have intrinsic value? If not, what gives them value? Who
appreciates the sunrise if we don't? Is it enough for just us to
appreciate it? Or do we have to share it? The Aesthetic Sense of
Life considers and answers to questions such as these in clear,
readable prose, offering a way of looking at life that makes clear
its value and its meaning. The aesthetic sense of life is neither
the viewpoint of the saints for whom the sensations of the world
are mere murmuring and illusion nor the viewpoint of those
completely fulfilled by their things, their gadgets, the
particulars of their own lives. Most of us fall in the middle
between these two extremes: we appreciate, say, a good cup of
coffee, a power tool, a new set of towels, or a juicy steak, but
don't think the answer to the riddle of existence is to be found in
any of these. We appreciate them without thinking them sufficient.
What's missing from them? What's missing is this: a sense that they
can give meaning to life. The Aesthetic Sense of Life proposes that
meaning is found not in these particulars, but in consciousness of
the patterns they form. The feel of our towels or the taste of our
coffee is just for us. Others have their own sensations, so they
don't need ours. What we can share with other people, and thus use
to re-establish the bonds of human warmth, are the patterns made by
these particulars, something others can appreciate as well.
Awareness of these patterns constitutes the aesthetic sense of
life, which gives richness and meaning to the everyday."
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