NONE, Beauty appeals to simple pleasures, for starts.
mando
On Dec 23, 2008, at 2:13 PM, Michael Brady wrote:
On Dec 23, 2008, at 4:18 PM, Chris Miller wrote:
which which of the 5 definitions might suggest that beauty *CAN*
appeal "*MORE* to intellectual engagement" ?
Apple Dict: "Pleases the intellect or moral sense"
MW Collegiate: "... pleasurably exalts the mind"
AHD: "... excellence of ... truthfulness and originality"
Dictionary.com: "The quality ... that gives intense pleasure ... to
the mind...."
OED: "... charms the intellectual or moral faculties
through ... fitness to a desired end"
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