The Interactions Between Instinct and Intellect and its Impact on
Human Behavior
Length: 324 Pages
The oldest musical instrument found is a flute made of bone that
is estimated to be over 50,000 years old. Aristotle wrote the first
book on arts, poetics. Since then it has been debated what art is
at the highest levels. However, the world of philosophy admits that
we still have not been able to articulate a definition for this
seemingly simple word of art that would be acceptable to all. This
shows that we do not understand it well enough to properly define
it. This confusion stems from an inadequate philosophical
understanding of it and, thus, we have been relishing that, which
we do not comprehend. One of the reasons for this lasting confusion
stems from the fact that we try to understand arts by studying art
objects in the physical world. However, without being able to
identify what in the mind longs for art in its metaphysical realm
and why, we will never grasp it. This is why we have been mixing
novel, painting, music, acting, perfume, architecture, Persian rugs
and poetry and so on and try to devise a definition to define them
all. Although they all are art, they have nothing in common. This
shows but a small fraction of our profound misconception of the
world of art.
Based on what mental force longs for which group of arts coupled
with the structure of the art forms, they divide into three
distinct and logical categories of 1- Rhythmic Arts, 2- Imitative
Arts, and 3- Abstract Arts. Each of these categories connects with
a particular mental faculty. Then, through this understanding we
also get to see that there exists an inequity in the sensitivity
and excitability of these corresponding mental faculties and we
experience different intensities of pleasure from different arts.
For example, some arts, like live music performed even by average
artists will invoke emotions in many who may scream, cry and even
faint at concerts, but they never react that way by observing the
works of true masters of arts such as Michelangelo, Picasso or
others in museums. This results form the imparity in the
sensitivities of the corresponding mental faculties mentioned
above. This view carries us deep into arts as a phenomenon and
helps artists to further refine their arts and the art lovers to
appreciate it even more.
In the realm of sports, we learn that all sports have three things
in common, aiming, speed and power or endurance. Yet these are the
skills required for successful hunting. Hunting and warring is one
of the male instincts as they acted these responsibilities through
out the human evolution. Because instincts do not disappear in
time, they have survived and find expression in different sports,
and thus aiming, speed and power find their way into all sports.
Females not being pressed by this instinct did not hunt or fight
wars. It is for these organic reasons that males so readily become
sport fanatics at the dismay of the women in their lives.
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