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Beauty and sex
pp. 225-239
Résumé
The question is: Why does the beauty of beautiful things1 arouse sexual feelings in us? Not desire - always - but at least sexual feelings? I listen to a gorgeously sensuous passage in a Vivaldi violin concerto, am caught by it, savour it; and soon the surface of my tongue is tingling, and the feeling passes down my body to my nipples and then my groin. There is no desire here — What could desire aim for? — but there is no doubt about the sexual feeling.
Détails de la publication
Publié dans:
Gustafson Donald, Tapscott Bangs (1979) Body, mind, and method: Essays in honor of Virgil C. Aldrich. Dordrecht, Kluwer.
Pages: 225-239
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-009-9479-9_14
Citation complète:
Sircello Guy, 1979, Beauty and sex. In D. Gustafson & B. Tapscott (eds.) Body, mind, and method (225-239). Dordrecht, Kluwer.