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table, expecting to be served by the fem ale
representing the w orld, then he w ould
need the w orld.”
Every m an is hoping for love in his
m em b erso fm y family. A s I got interested
Ifie greatest enem y o flo v e. Aesthetic
life. But is true love possible and attain­
in girls 1 thought, w ith great arrogance and
Realism teaches, is the desire to have
1 learned that needingaw om an stands
able.’ By the tim e 1 w as 15 ,1 already felt
conceit, that a g irl's purpose w as to please
contem pt for the world. Siegel defined
for our deepest desire to see the w orld as
love w as too difficult, contusing, and
m e and 1 had a nght to order her around. I
contem pt as the "disposition in every
com pleting us, m aking us stronger and
often the cause o f pain. I w as cynical
w anted to care fora w om an, but again and
person to think he will be for h im self by
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about ever caring for
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w o m a n 1 can know and
like the w orld she is a
representativeof. I learned
has
to see how a w om an has
changed because I m eta
the tough logic o f m ath­
true and beautiful w ay
em atics in her along w ith
o f seeing people anti the
feelings for a child in A f­
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m e how to love.
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I am a student and
finesloveas “proud need.”
consultantofthe philoso­
I a m so thankful that I
p h y Aesthetic Realism,
recently celebrated w ith
founded in 1941 by the
m y w ife Lore Elbe! Sm ith
Am erican poet and critic
anniversary. A ftertw enty
Realism , I learned the
years o f m arriage I love
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needed to know to have
d a y as an opportunity to
a real chance in love. I
k n o w her m ore deeply as
learned this principle:
a m eans o f caring for the
T h e deepest desire o f
w h o le w orld. I feel so
every person is to like
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m an; h e described the hum an se lf and
even tyrannical, w ith a w om an I hoped to
tem pt, 1 learned, is what will h ave a m an
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w hat w e are hoping for.
love. Siegel writes in S e lf and W orld
feel h e can see a w om an any w ay he
Reiss, w hose scholarshipand good will!
In the chapter, “L ove and Reality,”
about a y oung m an, R onald Hill, w h o is
pleases. It is contem pt that m akes a m an
is beautiful, and I am proud to be learn­
from S e lf a n d W orld: A n Explanation
likem en in North and South A m erica, and
feel a w o m a n 's thoughts are unim portant
o f Aesthetic Realism, [Definition Press,
w h o has thequestion that m en all o v e rth e
unless they are about him , and m akes a
ing from her.
M en and w om en are learning in
1981 ], Siegel writes: “theselfbyitsvery
w orld have. Mr. Siegel writes:
m an feel h e d o esn 'th a v e to ta k e se rio u sly
A esthetic Realism consultations given
at the Aesthetic Realism Foundation in
nature is com pelled to love reality.”
R onald w as up against the tough ques­
w liataw o m an says because itcom es from
W hen I first read those w ords 1 had an
tion o f ju s t how to give onesel f to a person
som eone inferior to him. T h e desire in a
New Y orkC ity.and through telephone
consultations across the country, that
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im m ediate sense that the subject oflove
w hile hating and fearing the w orld she
m an to have a w om an ' s body and not care
w as m uch larger than I ever imagined.
represented. H e did not know how to
about her w hole se lf is contem pt. C o n ­
the purpose o f education, m arriage,
I never thought o f wanting to love
answ er it. H e sw ung from insolence to
tem pt is the m ost hurtful thing in m an and
w ork, istohonestly seethew orldasw ell
reality. 1 thought love w as som ething
hum ility; from trium phant m alice to tears.
w hat interferes m ost with o u r hopes. I am
as w ecan. T h e Aesthetic Realism ofE li
that w ent o n exclusively betw een tw o
I am so grateful that Aesthetic Real ism
so grateful that Eli Siegel criticized m v
Siegel is m ighty and beautiful educa­
tion and it is enabling people to change
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people, m ostly hidden, and apart from
explained m y agony about love, show ed
the rest o f the world. T his is the m is­
there w a s an answ er, and enabled m e to
contem pt.
In an Aesthetic Realism class 1 had the
taken w ay ofseeing m ost m en have anti
change the ugly m ale attitude in m yself.
great fortune to hear these kind questions
hope, the loneliness and bitterness in
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it is w hy w e feel w e hav e failed in love.
M en have w anted to have contem pt for a
from M r. Siegel, w hich explain the largest
m arriages have ended as persons study
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I w as bom in Rosario, Argentina,
how to use each other to like the w orld.
“ D o you think that if a m an is w ith a
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w orld they saw as unlikable, m essy, c o n ­
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com es from that very sam e world. I learned
w om an and is pleased, he could feel he
R ealism you can w rite to: Aesthetic-
cepted axiom am ong Latino m en w as
that w eca n n o t se e a person any better than
d o e sn 'tn ee d the rest ofthew orld?” “Y es,"
Realism Foundation, 141 G reene S treet
how w e see the w hole w orld. T his is great
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