Susanne Langer (20 December 1895-1985) was an American philosopher of art, one of the first female academic philosophers in the USA, popular in the past but now often forgotten She is best known for her 1942 book “Philosophy in a New Key”, where she put forth an idea that she developed in her following studies… Read More Symbols
Samuel Butler was a British satirist, novelist and critic, born on 4 December 1835. Here are some of his quotes on life: “Life is the art of drawing sufficient conclusions from insufficient premises.” “Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.” “Life is like music, it… Read More Samuel Butler on Life
Susanne Katherina Langer (born on 20 December 1895) was an American philosopher of art, who said that:“Art is the objectification of feeling, and the subjectification of nature.” (1)“Art is the creation of forms symbolic of human feeling.” (2) Langer thought that the ability to use symbols underlies all human knowing and understanding and it is… Read More Symbols
JEALOUSY (adapted from Fr. jalousie, formed from jaloux, jealous, Low Lat. zelosus, Gr. ζῆλος, ardour, zeal, from the root seen in ζέειν, to boil, ferment; cf. “yeast”), originally a condition of zealous emulation, and hence, in the usual modern sense, of resentment at being (or believing that one is or may be) supplanted or… Read More Jealousy
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