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Single Idea 8116
[filed under theme 21. Aesthetics / C. Artistic Issues / 6. Value of Art
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Full Idea
For Schopenhauer, the point of art lies in the metaphysical liberation from selfhood that will-less aesthetic contemplation induces.
Gist of Idea
The will-less contemplation of art brings a liberation from selfhood
Source
report of Arthur Schopenhauer (The World as Will and Idea [1819]) by Sebastian Gardner - Aesthetics 3.6.3
Book Ref
'Philosophy: a Guide Through the Subject', ed/tr. Grayling,A.C. [OUP 1995], p.620
A Reaction
I've never understood why anyone (Buddhists included) would want 'liberation from selfhood'. Certainly art can make us forget ourselves in a more objective view of things, but science can do that too.
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[value of art for individuals and in society]:
2135
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Truth is closely related to proportion
[Plato]
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2163
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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
[Hegel]
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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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7276
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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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