- Explain Tolstoy’s view of art as consisting in the communication of emotions. Would Tolstoy consider Salvador Dali’s paintings to be art? Explain your answer, one way or the other.
Tolstoy’s viewed art as an expression of an artist’s feelings of emotions that tend to drive them towards undertaking the noble cause of art in the simplest of ways. This state of emotion can then be passed on to the audience in equal measure. Feelings of admiration, fear, or love can be communicated through art as perceived by Tolstoy and essentially be communicated to the viewers
Tolstoy would consider Salvador Dali’s paintings as art owing to the fact that he considered art as one of the conditions of human life and not just a means of passing time. Viewing art in this sense translates it to an expression that links one’s mans though to another’s hence attributed to intercourse of words and expression. In this sense Salvador Dali’s work is considered art as it does communicate thoughts, expression and feelings
- Explain what Sartre means when he says that “Existence precedes Essence”, and “Human Being is the being through whom nothingness comes into the world”. Explain how these two statements are related to each other, and how the truth of these two statements makes us radically free as human beings.
Sartre the philosopher meant that an individual’s starting point existential attitude in the phase of an essentially meaningless world. The two sentences relate in the sense that style and content in both cases they the perception is drawn from an atheism point of view.
- How does ThichNhatHanhuse a piece of paper to explain the Buddhist view that there is no birth and no death? If there is no birth and no death for physical bodies, what happens to the soul or mind after the body is destroyed?
Thich NhatHan huse a piece of paper to explain the Buddhist view that there is no birth and no death? rom the source, you can see the making of ill being. This is the second noble truth. When you see the path that leads to ill being then you can see the path out of ill being. It is a path of joy and happiness. The path of well being. Therefore, according the teaching of interbeing we have both ill being and well being. This has been considered as bear truth among the faithful but there is no birth or death on our physical being meaning that the soul and mind to will not be destroyed.
- Explain Descartes’s dreaming argument and Evil Genius argument.How does he move from these two arguments to his famous proclamation, “I think, therefore I am”?
It is a clear sign of growth from one stature to another in the life of an artist. As one transcend through the various stages of life coupled with varied life experiences in order to have a divergent views of matters arising centrally what he would have said in his earlier days.
- Explain the difference between vice and incontinence, as set forth by Aristotle in Nicomachean Ethics Bk VII. Aristotle thinks that the incontinent person is actually a better person than the person of vice. Why does he think this?
The difference between a vice and incontinent lies on the fact that incontinent person may not see the value of something but works to achieve it any way while vice person is one who is usually negative minded and never sees things optimistically . This is the reason Aristotle advocated for incontinent personality as they can comfortably accommodate change. Despite their lack of self-restrain and so be a in a position to learn better and work collaboratively together
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