Single Idea 23887

[catalogued under 21. Aesthetics / B. Nature of Art / 1. Defining Art]

Full Idea

Isn't true art a method for establishing a certain relation between the world and the self, and between oneself and others, and isn't that the equivalent of philosophy?

Gist of Idea

Art (like philosophy) establishes a relation between world and self, and between oneself and others

Source

Simone Weil (Philosophy [1941], p.38)

Book Reference

Weil,Simone: 'Late Philosophical Writings' [Notre Dame 2015], p.38


A Reaction

I hope the definition of 'true' art doesn't have to conform to achieving this relation. I suppose each good work of art shows you a distinctive way of relating to the world. An interesting thought (as so often with this thinker).