How could a beautiful, well-lived life resemble a work of art?
We know what it means for a painting to be beautiful. But what about a life? Like great works of art, great people exhibit style, originality, and creativity. Maybe, then, to live well is just to practice an ART of living. But what do the values that are important to a good life – happiness, moral goodness, or friendship, for example – have to do with aesthetic beauty? Aren’t the qualities that make a work of art good different from the qualities that make a life good? Is there really such thing as a "beautiful" life? John and Ken paint their masterpiece with Lanier Anderson from Stanford University this Sunday 6/05 at 10 am and Tuesday 6/07 at 12 noon.
You can join John, Ken, and the whole Philosophy Talk crew LIVE in San Francisco on Sunday for live recordings of "The Mystery of Music" at 12 pm and "The Struggles of Democracy" at 3 pm. Click here for more information.