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Plato on art and poetry misunderstood

Posted on 9 December, 2014 by amartingarcia

Unfounded criticism of Plato on poetry and the arts redressed. Misunderstanding of Plato’s ideas and intentions on these topics revealed and countered. Continue reading →

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Dreams and Reality (‘Inception’, movie)

Posted on 22 August, 2012 by amartingarcia

In dreams as in reality, we constantly face the contingency of a dynamic world. Therefore, the passage from ignorance to knowledge is carried out through translation, which in also quite unstable. To know means to understand what is unknown through … Continue reading →

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Art, what for

Posted on 28 November, 2011 by amartingarcia

‘I see it as my duty to stimulate reflection on what is essentially human and eternal in each individual soul, and which all too often a person will pass by, even though his fate lies in his hands. He is … Continue reading →

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Art and spirituality

Posted on 28 November, 2011 by amartingarcia

Art is born and takes hold wherever there is a timeless and insatiable longing for the spiritual, for the ideal: that longing which draws people to art. Modern art has taken a wrong turn in abandoning the search for the … Continue reading →

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