 It is important to note that he does not object to depicting the nude figure as such—after all, “the ancients” did so “almost always free from … fault” (ibid.). What he objects to is a particular treatment of the nude, one which is designed to excite lustful feelings in the beholder. In other words, what he targets and denounces is erotic art. Like Shaftesbury and Kant he is drawn to make a comparison with food. Fruit is admissible as a subject matter for paintings 