What is so wrong with creating art for pleasure? or simply for the sake of creating art? Yes, this method could turn to obsession, but so what? No one has ever died from artistic overdose. Furthermore, I don't see why art has to educate or lead to some "higher truth." Does this condition not eradicate the very soul of art, its deeply irrational and purely emotional essence? I disagree with Plato's philosophy that art serves no purpose if it does not educate or diverges from absolute truth. In a way, I think this disagreement reveals a deeper problem I have with Plato. Not only do I disagree with his philosophy of art, but I also disagree with his overemphasis of the rational state of mind. I think that in order to be fully functioning and flourishing human beings, we must give equal attention to both our rational and irrational or emotional natures. The brain is not always right; "ultimate truth" is not always the answer.
Q: Do human beings have a Form?
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