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Old 09-09-2011, 08:54 AM   #53
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Originally Posted by Steven Lyle Jordan View Post
Also, there are nearly 7 billion people on this planet. Therefore there's no point to trying to qualify literature or art, as those things are different for every person on the planet.
There are lots of people therefore we shouldn't try to quantify literature or art? Doesn't seem to follow to me. I think that we can sensibly ask "what is art?" - for example as Ramachandran does here.
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