... its justification for existence, that is, why imitate at all and can we obtain knowledge and/or pleasure through it Both Plato and Aristotle, the foremost philosophers of their time, arrived at widely different answers to the questions above. This is because art was held to be an imitation of nature or reality, and Plato and Aristotle's theories on nature and reality were ... poetry, says Plato; he does not treat poetry on its own terms. Indeed, there are several crucial differences between the arts of painting and poetry (as pointed out in John Dryden's essay "A Parallel Betwixt Painti...

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... down. It makes you wonder if there is a meaning of life, and if the recently deceased found it. How do we determine the meaning of life? Look at your life and ask questions: Am I happy? What am I doing here? Do I make a difference? In other cases people value the opinion of others to determine the meaning of life. Basically there is no set standard for determining ... principle of life should be connected to controlling one's passions and any kind of circumstances. I must, however, confess that I am a hedonist. I will not work out all the finer distinctions of my doctrine here, but the ...

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