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Assignment #2: Beauty (A. Nehamas)

Things to do (or have done):

1. Review the syllabus and handout CPE; raise any questions in our next class. 

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

The first chapter we will read from the text -- once we are prepared to do so -- will be chapter 24, "What is Art?" (Tolstoy).  Please acquire copies of the text/chapters asap.

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