[ExI] John C. Wright Interview

[PJ Manney]

On Jan 26, 2008 2:54 PM, Damien Broderick <thespike at satx.rr.com> wrote:
> At 02:35 PM 1/26/2008 -0800, PJ replied to Lee:
> >Not true.  Great art is considered great because at some fundamental
> >level, it reveals perceived truth.
>
> I'm chary of the word "truth" even with that cautious "perceived" in
> front of it--perhaps we might say that art stimulates or occasions
> insight? If that insight includes an uncomfortable awareness of one's
> own current limitations under confrontation with the aesthetic (and
> sometimes ideological) challenge, so much the better.

Okay.  For you, Damien, I'll go there.  I know you empirical types get
hot under the collar when a word like that is thrown around with
different implications.  :)

PJ