13 ideas
527 | Everything exists which anyone perceives [Metrodorus of Chios] |
22709 | We should first decide what are the great works of art, with aesthetic theory following from that [Murdoch] |
8124 | The highest feelings of mankind can only be transmitted by art [Tolstoy] |
8122 | True works of art transmit completely new feelings [Tolstoy] |
8121 | Art is when one man uses external signs to hand on his feelings to another man [Tolstoy] |
8123 | The purpose of art is to help mankind to evolve better, more socially beneficial feelings [Tolstoy] |
22715 | Great art proves the absurdity of art for art's sake [Murdoch] |
22714 | Because art is love, it improves us morally [Murdoch] |
22710 | People estimate art according to their moral values [Tolstoy] |
8125 | The upper classes put beauty first, and thus freed themselves from morality [Tolstoy] |
8064 | We separate the concept of beauty from goodness, unlike the ancients [Tolstoy] |
22712 | Art and morals are essentially the same, and are both identical with love [Murdoch] |
22713 | Love is realising something other than oneself is real [Murdoch] |