humanities.philosophy.objectivism

On Apr 4, 9:21 am, Puppet_Sock wrote:
> On Apr 3, 2:36 pm, Mark Sieving wrote:
>
> > On Apr 3, 1:12 pm, Puppet_Sock wrote:
> > >  Maybe you think that
> > > beauty is something that we don't act to gain or keep.
>
> > Well, I've never acted to gain or keep a beautiful sunset.  There is a
> > conception of beauty as something simply to be admired, not possessed.
>
> Sigh. So you just *accidentally* had your head turned
> in the direction of that sunset, and you just *happened*
> to have your eyes focussed correctly to see it.

A lot of the time, yes. Especially when I'm driving. But even if I
deliberately turn to view the sunset, that's not an action to gain
it. It's simply an action to observe it. I can't even imagine what
it would mean to "gain a sunset".