"“Rye, beef, and mustard. There are some aesthetic verities that transcend reality. The field of gustatory ontology has been much neglected by philosophers.” “So much the worse for ontology,” I said, settling down to lunch with as much grace as I could muster. I really was quite hungry. “So much the worse for philosophers! All this Truth and Beauty stuff is fine, but it obscures the real issues. Rye bread! I try never to create a world in which it cannot be found. One must have an absolute aesthetic criterion to give an anchor to one’s life.” There are worse ones, I suppose."
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