If you were to say to the grown-ups:“I saw a beautiful house made of rosy brick,with geraniums in the windows and doves on theroof,”they would not be able to get any idea of that house at all.you would have to say to them:“I saw a house that cost$20,000.”Then they would exclaim:"Oh,what a pretty house that is." 当我们拿数字,物质衡量美的时候,是否说明我们已经不再天真了。