Q&A #1: Question 1

The first question I was interested in the Nussbaum reading was whether Nussbaum believed that the same aesthetic quality contained in literature, could be found in theoretical philosophical treatises. Specifically would the use of metaphor, emotive language, and other stylistic elements be enough to warrant a treatise as aesthetic? My speculation is that Nussbaum would claim that a specific aesthetic quality is found in literature, as that aesthetic quality is specific to that form. If the form of literature provides not only specific content but a specific aesthetic pleasure, than there would a specific pleasure that could be found in a treatise of philosophical concepts. Understanding the relationship between content and form as Nussbaum explains it, I think that she would agree that since certain forms can convey certain truths, than so too can a specific form convey or reveal a specific aesthetic quality.