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Originally posted by Iron MonkeyHe was actually. He was a fully qualified architect, after studying for 6 years at Liverpool, UK, university!! 😛
My point was about the assessment of the value of someone's art being independent of the assessment of the artist as a human being. Your point about Hitler seems to be that if someone did some social good (creating jobs), this can offset the evil they do. It's a different issue. And besides, Hitler wasn't much of an artist.
And 😛 means don't believe everything you read! 😏
14 Dec 07
Originally posted by Iron MonkeyAnd is your point that a artistic good can offset the evil an artist has done?
My point was about the assessment of the value of someone's art being independent of the assessment of the artist as a human being. Your point about Hitler seems to be that if someone did some social good (creating jobs), this can offset the evil they do. It's a different issue. And besides, Hitler wasn't much of an artist.
14 Dec 07
Originally posted by darvlayNo, I was thinking more that the two (artistic worth and for want of a better term, moral worth) might lie along different dimensions, so that we could acknowledge someone as being a great artist whose work brought enjoyment to many people, while simultaneously aknowledging that they left a lot to be desired in their personal relationships. But the latter consideration wouldn't negate the former, regardless of the magnitude of either the person's artistic accomplishments nor their personal failings.
And is your point that a artistic good can offset the evil an artist has done?
On the view that you allude to, the relative magnitudes of same would seem to be important, and i find it less plausible. I don't think, for example, that any art (music etc) could offset the evil of the holocaust. but, if Hitler had actually been a great artist, we could acknowledge that while still thinking he was a horrible human being.
14 Dec 07
Originally posted by eamon oIf chili and hot sausage isn't going to burn my stomach... hate isn't going to hurt it much either. Hating is easy, it's no strain on my system at all. I don't even have to think about it, it comes natural.
hows the stomach? some say that negative emotion especially hate has adverse health effects, like ulcers, cancer, problems getting it up.
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