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    It is not the case that It is part of the aim of art to arouse the passions

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    • 1.Art's highest aim is the cultivation of rational autonomy, which passion systematically undermines by overriding reflective judgment.
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    • 2.Kant's aesthetic theory holds that genuine aesthetic pleasure requires disinterested contemplation, incompatible with passionate arousal.
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    • 3.If arousing passion were art's aim, propaganda and sensationalism would count as paradigm artworks, which is a reductio of the claim.
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    • 1.Aristotle's catharsis suggests art aims to purge or regulate the passions, not merely arouse them, making arousal instrumental at best.
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    • 2.The Stoic tradition, influential in early modern aesthetics, holds that passions are cognitive errors art should correct rather than amplify.
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    Reasons Against

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    • 1.The passions have a strong influence on sensible cognition
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    • 2.The passions are themselves a great source of sensible pleasure
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