Monday, April 18, 2016

Art, Evolution, Sublimity

Not every ape has become a human.  Thus, while, for Kant, Originality is not a necessary condition of Beauty, Universality is not a necessary condition of Evolution.  However, he privileges not only Universality over Originality, but Beauty over Sublimity, as well.  Now, ego-shattering Sublimity both expresses the effect of Genius on the Artist, and corresponds to the transcendence with respect to the given of the Evolutionary step.  So, while, for Kant, Beauty is the symbol of Morality, Sublimity in Art is a manifestation of Evolution.

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