8th June 2025

Exposition

“In relation to the feeling of pleasure an object is to be counted either among the agreeable or the beautiful or the sublime or the (absolutely) good (iucundum, pulchrum, sublime, honestum).” – Immanuel Kant (1724-1804).
 
Iuncundum
The sated appetite
Bellyful

Honestum
At once, at twice
At forever always

Pulchrum
Disinterestedly pleasing
Preparing us for love

Sublime
Resisting sensual interest
Arousing esteem
And fear
A finite portrait of an unattainable sitter.

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