Talk:Aestheticism

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I agree with the idea that the article on "humanistic aestheticism" should be merged with the article on "aestheticism" because it is, in my opinion, a subset of aestheticism. Since it is a very specific/obscure "movement," the article may not be discovered by the average browser of articles on aesthetics. At least a link below should be provided to "humanistic aestheticism" from the "aestheticism" article so that one doesn't miss out on this highly interesting information.

[edit] Symbolism?

I'm not sure about saying that Aestheticism represents the same tendencies as Symbolism. I mean to say, symbolists thought art should capture the truth in life, whereas aesthetes felt the opposite way. I don't think it's fair to just say they represent the same tendencies and leave it at that when they're rather opposite. Bertieismyho 17:24, 11 October 2006 (UTC)