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Jun 2023
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PREMIUM-Ep. 319: Schiller on Experiencin...

Mark Linsenmayer, Wes Alwan, Seth Paskin, Dylan Casey
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We complete our treatment of On the Aesthetic Education of Man by considering its final letters in more detail.

Does Reason really make us more moral? And does the embrace of Beauty really point us to Reason, or does self-consciousness rule out immersion in art?

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