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    It is not the case that The Stoic tradition, influential in early modern aesthetics, holds that passions are cognitive errors art should correct rather than amplify.

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    • 1.Emotional responses aren't necessarily errors; they can constitute legitimate, non-reducible forms of understanding.
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    • 2.Art's value partly lies in exploring human complexity, including passions worth experiencing rather than correcting.
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    • 3.Overly rational aesthetics may impoverish art by eliminating catharsis, beauty, and authentic human connection.
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    • 1.Passions cloud judgment by triggering automatic reactions misaligned with reason and truth about the world.
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    • 2.Art amplifying passions risks reinforcing irrational habits, whereas correction through art cultivates virtue.
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    • 3.Stoic aesthetics produces stable, flourishing lives by training emotions toward accurate cognitive assessment.
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