Tuesday, October 25, 2016

Perhaps Novels Should Appeal To The Brain, Not The Heart

 

“Aside from its astute selection of moving detail, art is constantly in the business of manipulating our emotions, as if this were an end in itself. This, after all, was Plato’s objection to the arts and every kind of artistic effect — that it was manipulative and potentially mendacious.”

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