We must have religion for religion's sake, morality for morality's sake, as with art for art's sake... The beautiful cannot be the way to what is useful, or to what is good, or to what is holy; it leads only to itself.

Il faut de la re- Ugion pour la rehgion , de la morale pour la morale , comme de l'art pour l'art… le beau neeut être la voie ni de l'utile, ni 'du bien, ni du saint; il ne conduit qu'à luirméme.

Victor Cousin

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Topic

Purpose of art Art

Speaker

Victor Cousin

Source

On the True, the Beautiful and the Good

Medium

Lecture

Language

French

Time

1818 1810s 19th century

Occupation

Philosopher Writer

From

France Europe

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Citation

Cousin, Victor. "Du Vrai, du beau, et du bien." Cours de philosophie. École Normale Supérieure, 1818, Paris, France.

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