“The soul is divided into two parts, of which the one has reason itself, while the other does not have it in itself, but is capable of obeying reason.”
Aristotle - Politics
My derivation:
Application to aesthetics: the creative action is divided into two parts, of which one is a capacity, practice and cultivation of reason; the other is a capacity for a sort of "indiscipline" or "wildness" that is capable (and despite itself) of obeying reason. This is artistic aspiration flourishing in the wilderness; or, indeed, the human conscience fully alive and taking good action in the community and in the universe.
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