Sargent, Venetian Passageway, 1905
Beauty is the subject-matter of a judgment, a judgment of taste.
The judgment of taste referred to above is about the beautiful object, not about the subject’s state of mind. In describing an object as beautiful, I am describing it, not me (or my reaction to it).
Despite this, there are no second-hand judgments of beauty. There is no way that you can argue me into a judgment that I have not made for myself, nor can I become an expert in beauty, simply by studying what others have said about beautiful objects, and without experiencing and judging for myself.
Roger Scruton
Beauty is the subject-matter of a judgment, a judgment of taste.
The judgment of taste referred to above is about the beautiful object, not about the subject’s state of mind. In describing an object as beautiful, I am describing it, not me (or my reaction to it).
Despite this, there are no second-hand judgments of beauty. There is no way that you can argue me into a judgment that I have not made for myself, nor can I become an expert in beauty, simply by studying what others have said about beautiful objects, and without experiencing and judging for myself.
Roger Scruton
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