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Catttt Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary

to be in a world apart

Does

"The relationships in the aesthetic field are shown by the grid to be in a world apart and, with respect to natural objects, to be both prior and final."

in the following full context mean:

"the grid represents the relationships in the aesthetic field as they belong to a different world and represents natural objects as both prior and final."

full context:
  

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e. in a different world) and with respect to natural objects, both prior and final

  • e.
  • in a different world) and with respect to natural objects, both prior and final
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The grid shows (demonstrates) that the relationships in the aesthetic field are:

in a world apart (i.e. in a different world)
and
with respect to natural objects, both prior and final
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'prior and final' means very little to me. I suppose the idea is that natural objects exist (and must necessarily exist) before any principles of aesthetics can be applied to them and that they continue to exist as themselves (finally) regardless of what aesthetic principles have been applied to them.

That aside, the sentence says that the grid shows two things: 1) aesthetic relationsh
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red appleThe relationships in the aesthetic field are shown by the grid
What is intriguing is that "grid" used as a tool (scientific?) to exemplify The relationships in the aesthetic field and their being "in a world apart...with...".

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