9/4/24

Assignment #1: Beauty and Defining Art

Things to do:

1. Read the syllabus and handout CL; raise any questions in our next class. 

2. Purchase the Cahn and Meskin text.  (Reminder: I have placed a copy of our text on reserve at the library.)  

The first two chapters we will read from the text -- once we are prepared to do so -- are chapters 22 (Tolstoy) and 35 (Weitz).  Please acquire copies of the text/chapters asap.

In the interim, let's read and discuss Alexander Nehamas' "An Essay on Beauty and Judgment":

And, for a later conversation, here's a critique of Weitz (chapter 35):