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Shand, John
(2023).
URL: https://daily-philosophy.com/john-shand-value-of-a...
Abstract
This essay aims to identify the essential value of art. That is, all forms of art, art as such. And in doing so it is shown how that value is related to the deep features of the human condition. Art it is argued is more universal and fundamental than religion, science, or morality, for it connects to what it is to be human itself. Art better than they explores and reflects our place in the universe and how we thereby see ourselves, and the way in which we can through art seek to transcend our seeming insignificance in the universe and the banality of our mere existentiality.