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A Calendar of Wisdom: Daily Thoughts to Nourish the Soul, Written and Se, by Leo Tolstoy

If beautiful art does not express moral ideas, ideas which unite people, then it is not art, but only entertainment. People need to be entertained in order to distance themselves from disappointment in their lives. —IMMANUEL KANT

13 Apr 20 · Flag

Dorum

Yeap. This was my view on it as well... Some people though, might disagree. Especially modernist writers. Virginia Wolf and Ezra Pound talked repeatedly that they would like a novel without story or s…

13 Apr 20 · Flag

Stefan Andrei

Well it’s historically difficult to agree on what art is. But on this one what struck home with me was the piece on disappointment distancing through entertertainment.

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