
HoP 095 - Anne Sheppard on Ancient Aesthetics
History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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The Relationship Between Art and Beauty in Ancient Greece
The ancient Greeks didn't have a concept of fine art, says philosopher. That's to do with the role of the arts in ancient society, he adds. So there's quite deep-seated reasons for why they don't think of the arts as being separate. But somebody like Plato draws analogies between poetry and painting on the one hand and painting and sculpture on the otherquite readily.
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