This paper reconsiders two famous paradoxes found in works of art by philosophers in the 17th and 18th centuries. The first is that a work of art is an artificial product but at the same time it seems to be a product of nature. The other is that a work of art evokes a feeling of pleasure in each individual but at the same time the feeling opens their eyes to the existence of something universal. Because of its paradoxical nature, a work of art was thought to possess the power to enlighten people and to make them aware of the relationship between nature and technology. My question, based on this consideration is; in our contemporary information society can we still expect a work of art to retain its paradoxical nature? And, if so, can these pradoxes play the same role that they did in the 18th century? To answer this question I re-examine the essence of information technologies.
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