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Single Idea 20394
[filed under theme 21. Aesthetics / C. Artistic Issues / 6. Value of Art
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Full Idea
According to Hegel, the goal of art was to serve as a phase in a process by which Spirit would come to understand its own nature.
Gist of Idea
The purpose of art is to reveal to Spirit its own nature
Source
report of Georg W.F.Hegel (Lectures on Aesthetics [1826]) by Stephen Davies - The Philosophy of Art (2nd ed) 2.7
Book Ref
Davies,Stephen: 'The Philosophy of Art (2nd ed)' [Wiley Blackwell 2016], p.43
A Reaction
I try very hard to understand ideas like this. Really really hard. However, since I see little sign of 'Spirit' really understanding its own nature, I'm guessing that the project is not going well.
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Truth is closely related to proportion
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Artists should be excluded from a law-abiding community, because they destroy the rational mind
[Plato]
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20394
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The purpose of art is to reveal to Spirit its own nature
[Hegel, by Davies,S]
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21794
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The main purpose of art is to express the unity of human life
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20415
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Art forms a bridge between the sensuous world and the world of pure thought
[Hegel]
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8116
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The will-less contemplation of art brings a liberation from selfhood
[Schopenhauer, by Gardner]
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4174
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Man is more beautiful than anything else, and the loftiest purpose of art is to reveal his nature
[Schopenhauer]
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All art is quite useless
[Wilde]
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23933
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Aesthetic contemplation is the best and most intense mental state
[Bell,C]
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23935
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Aesthetic experience is an exaltation which increases the possibilities of life
[Bell,C]
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20406
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Art clarifies the artist's mind and feelings, thus leading to self-knowledge
[Collingwood, by Davies,S]
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20436
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Art leads to mental health, and mental clarity
[Beardsley,M, by Carroll,N]
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22715
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Great art proves the absurdity of art for art's sake
[Murdoch]
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7980
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In modern times, being useless is the essential aesthetic ingredient for an object
[Baudrillard]
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