Was Schiller's view on art elitist?
Some might perceive my emphasis on aesthetic education as exclusive, but my intention was quite the opposite. I believed that the capacity for appreciating and creating beauty is inherent in all humanity. My work aimed to awaken this latent potential, not to reserve it for a select few. The ultimate goal was to make the experience of beauty and the moral freedom it engenders accessible to all, thereby elevating the human condition universally, not just for an elite.
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