Leo Tolstoy: The Value of Art (Pre-Read)

Tolstoy’s discussion reminds us that though some philosophers tend to assign art and morality to the separate compartmentalized disciplines of ‘ethics’ and ‘aesthetics’, every human activity involves greater or lesser costs, and hence we cannot escape the question of the relative value of art in human life as a whole.

Please read this text ("What is Art?" by Tolstoy) in advance.

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