April 24, 2008

Chastened Modernism

A chastened modernism and a “soft” postmodernism might actually discover that they are saying rather similar things. A chastened or modest modernism pursues the truth.... (Click here to read this post.)
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November 11, 2006

Sentimentality

Sentimentality consists in setting the sympathetic aspect of things, or their loveableness, above their aesthetic aspect, their beauty; or above the moral aspect of them,.... (Click here to read this post.)
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