Artful addition.I very much agree with Alison Bates' observation in her article, "The Art of Humanism," (March/April 2007) that humanist thinkers have often "neglected to fully recognize art as a fundamental component of our collective experience." One great American philosopher for whom this was not the case was Eli Siegel Eli Siegel (August 16, 1902–November 8, 1978), poet and critic, founded the philosophy Aesthetic Realism in 1941. Born in Latvia, his family came to the United States when he was an infant. (1902-1978). In the opinion of many scholars, he placed aesthetics on a scientific footing for the first time--scientific, because utterly free of cultural prejudice. "All beauty," he observed, "is a making one of opposites, and the making one of opposites is what we are going after in ourselves," He also noted (and here the clear, compassionate, humanistic implications of his philosophy shine forth): "The resolution of conflict in self is like the making one of opposites in art." As Bates Bates , Katherine Lee 1859-1929. American educator and writer best known for her poem "America the Beautiful," written in 1893 and revised in 1904 and 1911. implies throughout her article, the need for art is a deep and inexpugnable in·ex·pug·na·ble adj. 1. Impossible to overcome or overthrow by force. 2. Impossible to put aside or drive away: inexpugnable dislike. aspect of human life everywhere, and in every century. Eli Siegel has explained why. Prof. Edward Green Edward Green may refer to: People
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