On beauty and being just

145 Pages·1999·4.542 MB·English

by  Scarry, Elaine

On Beauty
AND
BEING JUST

ELAINE SCARRY
I
AND
BEING JUST
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY
PRESS
PRINCETON AND OXFORD
Copyright 1999 by Princeton University Press
O
Published in North America by Princeton University Press,
41 William Street, Princeton, New Jersey 08540
Delivered as a Tanner Lecture on Human Values
at Yale University, 1998. Printed with permission of the
Tanner Lectures on Human Values, a
Corporation, Un~versityo f Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah.
All Rights Resemed
Fifth ~rintinga, nd first paperback printing, 2001
Paperback ISBN 0-6~1-08~5~-0
She Library of Congress has ratalogrd thc cloth edit~ono f this book asfollows
Scarry, Elaine
On beauty and being just / Elaine Scarry.
p. cm.
Includes bibli~~raphicraelfe rences.
ISBN 0-691-04875-4 (cloth : dk. paper)
I. Aesthetics. I. Title.
B"39 .SlZL I999
111'.8~dcz1 99-35075
This book has been composed in Monotype Centaur
by Gretchen Oberfranc and designed by Jan Lilly
Printed on acid-free paper.
Printed in the United States of America
for Thilip Fisher

CONTENTS
PART ONE
On Beauty and Being Wrong
1
PART TWO
On Beauty and Being Fair
55
NOTES
'25
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
133

PART ONE
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On Beauty and
Being Wrong
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