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Kirill Magidson's avatar

Thank you for this post. This really resonates with me. I am a big appreciator of beautiful high quality menswear. If you look at old pictures, people in US universities used to wear suits every day. Nowadays, wearing sweatpants on campuses is ok even for instructors. I think you are doing something really profound by rooting the lack of aesthetics in philosophy, and that is 100% to the point. By the way, it’s a really nice suit! I love chalk-stripe flannels. Want to get one for me too in the future.

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Yonatan Daon-Stern's avatar

Thank you!

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Itamar Feldman's avatar

Beautiful article!

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Mark Shupe's avatar

Holy moly, you nailed it! "The modern obsession with comfort is nothing more than an excuse to avoid the effort." In 2019 Morgan Stanley officially went "business casual" to conform to the image of their investment banking clients in Silicon Valley during the dotcom craze. But the trend really began in America in the 1960s with everyone adopting the jeans and t-shirt uniform.

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Yonatan Daon-Stern's avatar

Thank you, Mark! And yes, I think you can also find a parallel with the philosophic trends of the 1960s that were celebrated in Woodstock and their ongoing impact on the issue of aesthetics.

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Ilene Skeen's avatar

This post is pure fun. I hope you enjoyed writing it, as it’s fun to read.

I would think that there is a tighter tie-in to metaphysics, epistemology and ethics. If your central purpose is to live well and to promote living well (which is implied) the the passion to live well would be to explore that reality, know what living well entails, and why living well is good, as well as satisfying. 👍👍

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Yonatan Daon-Stern's avatar

Thanks Ilene! Really glad you enjoyed my essay.

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Alex's avatar

There are multitude of forms besides aesthetics that matter, but being a fine gentleman matters surely in most cases. So thumbs up! I liked the word 'sloppy' in the manifesto, I'd use it more often now, especially dealing with pictures in internet that are trying to show famous paintings. Colors? sloppy. Poor Canaletto, he'd have a heart attack seeing what they present as 'Canaletto' paintings nowadays in internet. Does anyone care about true colors any more?

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James Jackson's avatar

Fashion is what you buy, style is what you do with it. Aim up. Set a new standard!

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