author: ben ami scharfstein

... Art in Theory, 1815– 1900, pp. 828–30. Baudelaire's phrase is from the brief article “Philosophical Art” that was found among his papers after his death. [As background to my comments in the footnote, see, e.g., Yu-lan Fung, A Short ...

... Jacqueline , Pascal's attractive , pre- cocious , and poetic younger sister , as their instrument . Jacqueline there- upon wrote a sonnet to the pregnant queen and verse - compliments to her ladies , but these failing their purpose ...

Written with clarity and infused with an engaging narrative voice, this book is organized thematically, presenting in virtually every chapter characteristic views from each tradition that represent similar positions in the core areas of ...