The Reluctant Philosopher

Tag: Aesthetics

  • Art: Where to Draw the Line?

    Art: Where to Draw the Line?

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    (Written Nov. 2019) What is art? That question runs through most people’s minds when they see something like Marco Evaristti’s Helena or Duchamp’s Fountain. In modern days there has been an increased push to call video games art, while the line between pornography and erotic art seems increasingly blurred. Where then is the line to…

  • Essays on Plato, Art, and More (Updated 4/20)

    Essays on Plato, Art, and More (Updated 4/20)

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    The following are short essays ranging in a variety of philosophical topics from Aesthetics to Logic, and more. Why was Socrates executed? (April 2020)  We all have loyalties, be it to our country, family, or ideology. Socrates and his fellow Athenians were no different. Socrates was a man possessed with eros – a passionate love.…