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This 5 page paper discusses two journal articles: The art of being unselfish by Alexander Nehamas and An argument about beauty by Susan Sontag. The writer presents an opinion first, then provides an analysis that compares and contrasts the two articles. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Of these two articles, this writer is of the opinion that Sontags article flows, building upon the key point, which is that words like beauty mean different things to different
people at different times. This writer agrees with Sontags precepts and premises. The article by Nehamas, by contrast, does not flow as an argument but is rather convoluted and circular.
As an example, this author spends an inordinate amount of time talking about Manets Olympia. In many places, the author presents ideas, then disagrees with them. It is very difficult
for the reader to determine exactly what the point is. The author makes no mention of selfish, selfishness, unselfish or unselfishness until the end of the article, leaving the reader
to wonder how does the title fit into the text. The first thing that might strike the reader of the two articles in question is both authors state there
is not absolute, that everything is a matter of personal preference and opinion. Nehamas (2002) cites the painter Whistler, who cautioned against saying any painting was good or bad. In
fact, Whistler (Nehamas, 2002) said that one should never attach good or bad when judging a painting (Nehamas, 2002). The individual evaluating a painting may say they like it or
they do not like it but never refer to it as good or bad (Nehamas, 2002). Sontag (2002), along a very similar philosophical line, said that beauty cannot be defined,
thus saying something was beautiful or not beautiful was useless. Citing Gertrude Stein, Sontag (2002) reported Stein as saying: "to call a work of art beautiful means that it is
dead. Beauty has come to mean merely beautiful: there is no more vapid or philistine compliment" (p. 22). Both Sontag and Nehamas address the topic and concept of beauty, although
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