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发帖数: 3872 | 1 [cont.]
Joseph: What varied and difficult requirements this definition of yours
has!
Aloys: I do not deny at all, Joseph, that it is not possible for novices,
for whom it is not easy to recognize the commonplace at first, to achieve
this in all respects; nor can they reach this stage unless they are first
able to become familiar with the common things. For you, Joseph, who have
given such splendid specimens of your progress up to now, it may perhaps be
possible to arrive at this stage; I sha | e***e
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It'd be interesting to compare above arguments to Aristotle's explanation
on proper measure, the classical statement on beauty and pleasure from
learning:
[1450b] "Moreover, in everything that is beautiful, whether it be a living
creature or any organism composed of parts, these parts must not only be
orderly arranged but must also have a certain magnitude of their own; for
beauty consists in magnitude and ordered arrangement. From which it follows
that neither would a very small creature b
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: [cont.]
: Joseph: What varied and difficult requirements this definition of yours
: has!
: Aloys: I do not deny at all, Joseph, that it is not possible for novices,
: for whom it is not easy to recognize the commonplace at first, to achieve
: this in all respects; nor can they reach this stage unless they are first
: able to become familiar with the common things. For you, Joseph, who have
: given such splendid specimens of your progress up to now, it may perhaps be
: possible to arrive at this stage; I sha
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