AR104 Lecture Notes - Rationality
6 Jun 2013
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Week 9 lecture 1 november 6th 2012. Art is not entertainment, not done to change our mind or to motivate people. Humanism: can be expressed by a saying by protagoras man is the measure of all things . Summarizes humanism, always explain reality by the point of human beings, never by something else ie. the divine. The world is useless without human beings: stresses individuality and individual freedom, always placed within the context of the community, freedom is connected with responsibility, actions are never simply for ourselves. Rationality: depends upon use of reason. Cause and effect scientific principle : temples are never large enough to make human feel small. Encourages us to look at ourselves: represents, not nature as it is, but nature as it is imagined. Seeks for the essence of things: human beings are always shown in full perfection. Not to be seen as individuals, not pictures that we can recognize, created in order to portray perfect.
