A: Art’s better than philosophy. For art comes in the nick of time while philosophy comes a moment too late.
B: Philosophy’s better than art. For while art raises life up for a moment, philosophy raises it up for eternity.
"[B]eauty is a defiance of authority."—William Carlos Williams
A: Art’s better than philosophy. For art comes in the nick of time while philosophy comes a moment too late.
B: Philosophy’s better than art. For while art raises life up for a moment, philosophy raises it up for eternity.
I’d take either over science: that which comes a moment too late only to last a moment itself.
I cannot substantiate this claim empirically.
Wit is always rewarded in this venue. The problem is that it’s not rewarded anywhere else.
I have the welts to prove it. This place feels like home.
A literary sketch of my emoticon in response to your comment (composed on 2 May 2011 atop a knock-off Ikea chair): moderate jolt upward, slightly upturned lips, tightening around the eyes, lightness at the brow, levity of spirit.
There’s no place like–
:-D
^ Sigh. Just doesn’t do my own jolting, upturning and tightening justice.
And the colon’s located a lot lower than the eyes, or so I thought.