Carolina QuotesIt is because we are predominantly purposeful beings that we are perpetually correcting our immediate sensations. But men are free not to be utilitarianly purposeful. They can sometime be artists, for example. In which case they may like to accept the immediate sensation uncorrected, because it happens to be beautiful.
Aldous Huxley Connected to the Carolinas
Source
“One and Many”, p. 11
- work
- Do What You Will (1928)
- year
- 1928
- locator
- p. 11
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