[Cicero]

I'm a classical music lover. Analog recordings can only capture part of the full sound of a live performance, not to mention other factors, like being in the presence of the musicians and seeing them. And digital recordings degrade the sound further.

Moreover, each live performance is a unique event. Ben Jonson, who wrote masques for performance at the court of James I, pointed out that although is words might live forever, the full actual performance only happened one time, because it involved courtiers and the king celebrating a particular occasion that would never recur.

[.30Carbine]

Ah. Going back to post 305 to which you were replying grants a really lovely picture of the metaphor you are discussing. Thank you both.

[FreedomProtector]

I'm a classical music lover. Analog recordings can only capture part of the full sound of a live performance, not to mention other factors, like being in the presence of the musicians and seeing them. And digital recordings degrade the sound further.



Having had many interesting life experiences playing piano and having an interest in "always providing an answer" I have always been interested in the aesthetic argument for the existence of God, but haven't found as much written on the subject compared to others.

The aesthetic argument: "There is music of Bach, therefore there must be a God." may seem potentially unconnected and weak at an initial glance, but Peter Kreeft writes:

I personally know three ex-atheiests who were swayed by this argument; two are philosophy professors and one is a monk.

I'm not sure if it is necessary to prove that there is objective beauty for the argument to be valid, as CS Lewis does when demonstrating the existence of objective value with the argument from conscience [laws written on heart imply a Lawgiver].

some info on web but not as much as others some info on web but not as much as others

Any help in exploring the subject? Finding resources, thoughts etc?