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    It is not the case that Vraisemblance is not an end in itself but a means to the true goal of art, which is to arouse sentiments.

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    • 1.Aristotle's Poetics establishes mimesis as constitutively valuable: the pleasure of recognition is inseparable from imitation's formal correctness.
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    • 2.If vraisemblance is merely instrumental, skilled falsehood that arouses stronger sentiment would be aesthetically superior to truthful representation, which contradicts artistic judgment.
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    • 3.The intrinsic cognitive achievement of accurate representation grounds aesthetic value independently of any emotional effect it produces.
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    • 1.Kant's Critique of Judgment argues that genuine aesthetic response requires disinterested contemplation, making sentiment-arousal a sign of empirical interest rather than aesthetic judgment.
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    • 2.If arousing sentiments is the true end of art, then propaganda and manipulation share the same telos as genuine art, collapsing a distinction aesthetics must preserve.
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    • 1.The real goal of the arts is to arouse sentiments.
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    • 2.Vraisemblance functions only as a means of arousing those sentiments.
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