Tag: Morality

On the Signs of Moral Progress

I shall therefore send to you the actual books; and in order that you may not waste time in searching here and there for profitable topics, I shall mark certain passages, so that you can turn at once to those which I approve and admire.

Simon Drew September 26, 2023

Erich Hatala Matthes | Art And Morality

Erich Hatala Matthes is Associate Professor of Philosophy and Faculty Director of the Frost Center for the Environment at Wellesley College. His teaching and research focus on the ethics, politics, and aesthetics of art, cultural heritage, and the environment.

Simon Drew September 19, 2023

"If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need."

"If the way is not seeking always better ways, it is not the way."

"Caretake this moment. Immerse yourself in its particulars."

"What is linear is not history but the human spirit."

“In order to understand the world, one has to turn away from it on occasion."

"Nights through dreams tell the myths forgotten by the day."

"If I had not been admitted to these studies it would not have been worth while to have been born."

"It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see."

"Beauty is always worth it."

"It is no measure of good health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society."

"The Soul that would be touched by beauty must sometimes walk alone."

"Progress lies not in enhancing what is, but in moving towards what will be."

Tag: Morality

On the Signs of Moral Progress

Erich Hatala Matthes | Art And Morality

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