Re: Beethoven's 5th Symphony

From: Peter H.M. Brooks (peter_at_new.co.za)
Date: 02/06/05 

Date: Sun, 06 Feb 2005 02:00:20 +0200

Uncle Al wrote:
> "Peter H.M. Brooks" wrote:
>
>
>>Aesthetics is still an important study carried out by clever, erudite
>>and well informed people.
>
>
> Nonsense. It is nothing deeper than cultural bias.
>
If you are a relativist (and, maybe a post-modernist) then that is fine
for you. You are forced, by your position, though to accept that I too
have an alternative reality, just as valid as yours. In mine sound
aesthetic judgement is important, valid, real, on the button and so forth.

You also have to accept that my view that post-modernist, or any other,
relativism, is utter bull*** is just as 'valid' as yours that claims
that it isn't.

So, on the cultural relativist scale I accept your point for what it is.
I said what I said above, that aesthetics is still and important study
carried out by clever, erudite and well informed people for a good
reason. I actually want an answer from such people.

Bull*** artist who claim that everything is relative are two a penny -
you don't need any brains for that. So the opinion of such is utterly
irrelevant to me. 

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