The Aesthetics of Elegance & Extravagance

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Te Aesthetics of Elegance andExtravagance in Science and Art

Few pleasures are greater than those of gazing at the starsboth those in thenight sky and in our own man-made heavens of the theater and cinema.

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1. Te embodied: a d gac ad v, al ad-, d lxy.

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3. Te scientic: a cc pc, da, v, c.,Na, g plcy, cvc ad cv; a p-cp. (Oxd Eglh Dcay)

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HE AESHEIC OF EXRAVAGANCE:ENDLESS FORMS MOS BEAUIFUL AND MOS WONDROUS

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whh w a g a bal wa, a w, a ladcap, a ccl (15).

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1) O going out o the usual path; a xc, dg; al h p grom (a pcbd) pah

2) O decorum, probability or truth; ad xc, aac abdy (

p, cdc; ag xagga vlc ( lagag)3) O notion, statement, piece o conduct, c.; a aal xc, a abdy4) O excessive prodigality or wasteulness in expenditure hhld aag-

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1) A composition, lay, cal, daac, a xavaga aacchaac

2) Wha bl a xavagaza; bombastic extravagance o language or be-haviour(Oxd Eglh Dcay; pha )

Wha h ahc lgac a da, a, plcy, adaaly d ad dg, wha I a ag h ahc xavagac a- va, xc, lack a, xagga. I lgac k h -chagg h ha l wh dah d h cgcy xpc, xavagac clba cgcy akd ad pdgxp vay ad gg chag. Hghlghg bh h dc hbjc cc qy ad hw h bjc a h ahc, Daww Te Origin o Species ab phycal law la gac pc:Tw p a hadl ah, ad all all h gd accdg dlaw; b hw pl h pbl cpad h ac ad ac h -abl pla ad aal whch hav dd, h c c,h ppal b ad kd w gwg h ld Ida !(On Natural Selection 15). F Daw, h aal wld gac l llw apl, d law b ah a pc ha p ga aga ga, pcaga pc a a gg ad cplx ggl adap, vv, adpca a v ld c ad hg cd. Wha cldb lga ha gg cp, bal, cplah xc adapv ada?

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lwhch Daw clba ad k dad. H Daw dcbh pc aal lc: Dg h ca ggl all pc -ca b, h dvd h dcda bc, h b wllb h chac ccdg h bal l. T h all dc d-ghg va h a pc, wll adly d ca ll hy c qal h ga dc bw pc h a g, v dcga (On Natural Selection 6768). H Daw dcb h pc xallc: [W]h h al ad al ay aal hav h a gal hab l, b d c, cl, a, ch dc hav b alycad by xal lc; ha , dvdal al hav had, ccv ga-

, lgh advaag v h al, h wap, a d(2930). Ad h, Te Descent o Man and Relation to Sex, Daw dcbh bay ha l xal lc ha bg: I vy wca h a ld, h wld b ch hg a bay (354). Ad h,a h ccl Te Origin o Species, Daw dcb h bay ha l gally Na aal lc: T, h wa, aad dah, h xald bjc whch w a capabl ccvg, aly hpdc h hgh aal, dcly llw. Tere is a grandeur in this viewo lie, wh val pw, havg b gally bahd a w ; ad ha, whl h pla ha g cyclg accdg h xd law gavy, pl a bgg endless orms most beautiul and most won-drous have been, and are being, evolved (On Natural Selection 117; pha ).Daw ccld Te Origin o Species h way ha h bg , by dagh pl xy b ag h law ha dl h phycal v h cplxy gac l ag h law ha dl h blgcalv, ad h ca cla h vlay ahca gad h vw l. Daw, I wld gg, ak a cla a cc ahc pdgaly, daa, d, ad chagh vay h xavagazad h pc lc ha a wk d a ad wha l d,dl bal ad wd.

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pc p hgh Some Like it Hot Jack L. A vgpc dgd ll a y aav a h x, a v akagabl aa ad vl: l cap ad cd ad ak vblchag ac ad pac. T aav Some Like it Hotll a y wha d a l cvyaa. A L y ad lg val,wh h chaac Jy M, h xpc h a a bjc xal aac, b wh h xa h h g Jy/Gald, h dM a a bjc h x ad ccld h ca ccd a Gald.Wha vlv v h c h xaa Sga Jy cy abad aach wha a b ha whl h x. I DaphJypaly a hl. N a, wa, Jack L Daph vlv cav, pvay a h whl h x-pc M,a a whch h gw cvcd, h d dg h a by. TaJy/Daph a by a ac h ag pa ad hbad Ogd h c ca ab. Slad by h gcy l-pva (hha h b) ad h gcy M xal pc, a hd x ad aa d by g: Daph h phallc wa ad Ogd h k hZw!5 M xavagach hghd xc yagd l a cc a bd ad pvk ad, h, ak agabl a

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NAURES SECRES AND HE HUMAN LONGING

O KNOW AND EXPRESS HEMT d d a way ha h a h v ha ppBa G Te Fabric o the Cosmos ca h dc pac, , adh x aly a aav day ha lgg, hw hd cap c bc a xaday ach dcv h c l, c whch a blvd b wh h c, wh h hadhp hach bca hy a blvd b h h ha acc l. H Gaav h phyc l y: [P]hyc pd a lag pa h lv a c. . . . xcl phyc bac db whl walkg h

wdg ad clay. T aalzg dc pplxy wha p h-w day ad w xaday a gy ad cavy;hg q c h d lk da dal awag ha l-. . . . B d l gh h ac hg c aly. Nature does not give upher secrets lightly(470; pha ). G phyc a g why pc,a Ody wh ak h way hgh by wl gy ad cavy hdalzd hha lh Plp ll wag cv h.G bg h p wk, Te Elegant Universe, by gvg ha Odya phyca aEhgh h aav h bc a M h vg h Pd Lad a dcad wadg h d: Dg h la hyya h l, E gh llly a -calld d ld hy. . . .[H] wa dv by a paa bl ha h dp dadg h vwld val truest wonder: h simplicity and power o the principles on which itis based. E wad lla h wkg h v wh a clayv b achvd, allwg ad aw h beauty and elegance(x; pha ). T v E jy hgh dfcl. B lkM wh kck h ad v Caaa, v a hy ya ad va dcvg h d ld hy, E v abad h bl h bay Na ch plcy ad pw h pcpl whch[h v] bad. Na, wh hld ghly h c, val h cwh w a abl h.

I h Autobiography, Daw aa hw, llwg h jy ad hwld ( Dcb 27, 1831 Ocb 2, 1836) abad h V. S. Bagl, h -ag l p dv lckg wha a a aal h bvd ha jyNa c lzd ad ggd h vay ad h bv:

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Galapag achplag, ad pcally by h a whch hyd lghly ach lad h gp; h lad appag b vy ac a glgcal .

I wa vd ch ac ch a h, a wll a ay h, cldly b xplad h pp ha pc gadally bc d-d; and the subject haunted me. (On the Origin 438; pha )

Daw had by a vay ag gac , E h daklabyh h c kg llly llah aav hxaday c ha h xp a cg ad dadg

Na a a bjc dy ad a a bjc c. A ch a cy h d dy h bjc, lgg l h dv kw h c. Whgdd al ad bdd by h aph h, Na plcapdcv aly ad gv h al c a l a h wh k kwh ah c h bg. T c l a h ha pl; h plwh a c. a ha Na ha h c aa Na xph d ak Na aaabl b lk a aav. Ad ll h y al Na xpld llly h c by h al c ak haav c, ac, ad dcv.

I phyc dcb a way hlp ad h c h c hghh aph a apy, Daw ch aph hlp ad ad hc-adapv, ally bd, laal a Na h agld bak:I g cpla a agld bak, clhd wh ay pla ay kd, wh bd gg h bh, wh va c g ab, adwh w cawlg hgh h dap ah, ad c ha h labalyccd , d ach h, ad dpd ach h cplx a a, hav all b pdcd by law acg ad (On NaturalSelection 117). Tgh Te Origin o Species, a ch a Daw w hagld la ga ad v, d h a wll w h -vbly h agld la bca h xpa qd bv hw hy ca chag ad vay ad da h agl.I ha vbly whch ak h wkg gac Na dfcl ag ad h aa ad whch c Na c. Lk-w, G w h ably lagag cvy h phycal a hc bca lagag vy la pac ad : B h aw a,b h g ha ak p h cc abc gag h dly, chvbaal dac w a dcg, h alza pac . Ev lagag ca hadl h da, ac, h beore. Ia , a dvdal g a had pac ad , ad ly wh hyapppaly dg ypahc vba d h cval pacad g (Elegant Universe 378; pha ). O lagag ca

hadl h da, G w, bca vbal lagag, bg pac ad, ca hadl b ad b pac.


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Whl G ay d aa hw h v wk, lagag bd ha

aav bca bddd la pac ad . T ca b aavwh b pac ad . dcv h lgac h v q a-vbal, -aav way . I q -paal pa a way agg ha bd pac, , ad , d p a- pp bg. I ca, dad Na, Gall a, babl ad lagag. H, Gall, Na h b , h aph h gad bk, whch c h gdd a lagag a Gall ad: [Nature] is written in this grand book, the universe, whch ad cally p gaz. B h bk ca b dd l la cphd hlagag ad ad h l whch cpd. It is written in the language o

mathematics, ad chaac a agl, ccl, ad h gc g wh- whch haly pbl dad a gl wd ; wh h wad ab a dak labyh (Falk 6162; pha ). Whl h v abk w a lagag ahac ca a aphc la bw a- ad ahac, ha aph d xpla h la. T g hJh Schwaz ackwldg: I b a pd h ha pa hcaladvac phyc dalg wh daal d hav lga aw. Tac ha ahac h gh lagag dg h alady a dp hha I d hk ay dad; they just know that its so (Falk 175; pha). kw a dp h b dad a al a h hcalphyc l wllg ad abl hab. Ubdd, yblc, lgcal, -paal, h lagag ahac h hcal phyc agh v a p ahc lgacpl, gal, chagg,acda dp h.

Ec az hw Daw ad blg llw ad gac Na a a gad bk w h lagag ahac b a a y g hacca hgh ad a h lagag bay: M blg hk ha -bl bay blgcal ab ha pplay. Ty ag habay abay capc b a communication (170); Flw aalluringladg p pllag c: hy a h pla wld x bjc(57); Beautiul human eatures are a language, dvd h adapv pbl hw visually signal w val a a pal a ad hw a h aval h hgh h val (70); Tgh h aal wld, beauty isthe harbinger o sexual reproduction (57); T bdy h al aal sculptedby h d h al. gh cp h dvlp ca al gw av z. charm h al, h dplay bay (169); Falpfamboyance bly (170; pha ). Daw w: T ad,ad, aacv al wld ccd qally wll h bal lad lavg pgy, b dwd al w p (Descent258). Na a gac l ach ad l wh , paclaly y, ad l hw bd pd l, bh a h a vv ad

pca ad a h a way hgh h vbl pp hadl aal l.


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Sc a daw aa wha a b hcal phyc: hw

hy wk, ag, blv , ad ak h ahc lgac gdh ach h c h v. Hwv, h vbal aavall h a h d vla bca alady bd la pacad ad . Wh fc kwldg ahac, hw ca -hcal phyc ag h dlyg lgac h v? Lkw,hwv daly p a bay, hw ca h xava-gaza ha gac laa ad vl adag cplx-yb agabl? Hw a w kw h lgac ad xavagac Na?

Evyhg ab y pc, Gay Cp ll Ady Hpb. Cawlg h , a Cdlla ach h l lpp Cp Rz Cal Pa, Hpb pl: I h. Ad y a ck . Ad y h ackd. Ad y ck ch lg. Hwv pc ach a, Cpp h l al gg a way g h pa, b a awhl: May b . B I lv h way all hag gh (Love in the Aernoon).T ha pc Ady Hpb, capd by h caa ad aad l, ak agabl h ha d a lgac p, ac,pl, whlwh al ahacal lagag bg ak h h abc,h apy h c Funny Face. Maly M, all h wdl x-c, cpl h caa a h al bdy ad h vlay l p-c ha b wad g p h hghd y, wh, aDaw w h pc l, h vg, h halhy, ad h happy vvad lply (On Natural Selection 19)h vy c cdy. I h caalv aa wh bay ak vbl wha a ag h ahcda lgac xavagaca h bjcv clav cc ad a ag h v, gac a, ad ha xpc ch akvd h daally ahc a h ha d.


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ENDNOES

1. S Naal Ag Abac Tgh? T Bdy ak T Lally.

2. S El ay, Hal ad H Pbl. T da wa dcd by Wahg All h Lectures on Art. Ab h hy h bjcv clav, www..wkpda.g/wk/Objcv_clav.

3. T baball h, J DMagg, ad Aca playwgh, Ah Mll, w w h h-bad. Ag h l h clbad wh wh h had xal la, Pd Jh F.Kdy ad Ay Gal Rb Kdy ay hav b w h lv.

4. Ab Clpaa appaac h ppl bag alg h Nl, Ebab ay:

Ag ca wh h, c alH vay. Oh w clyT app hy d, b h ak hgyWh h a(Antony and Cleopatra II. 23237)

5. Fd dc h da h phallc wa Fh (1927) ad h F-y (1933).

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