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Full Idea
Isn't true art a method for establishing a certain relation between the world and the self, and between oneself and others, and isn't that the equivalent of philosophy?
Gist of Idea
Art (like philosophy) establishes a relation between world and self, and between oneself and others
Source
Simone Weil (Philosophy [1941], p.38)
Book Ref
Weil,Simone: 'Late Philosophical Writings' [Notre Dame 2015], p.38
A Reaction
I hope the definition of 'true' art doesn't have to conform to achieving this relation. I suppose each good work of art shows you a distinctive way of relating to the world. An interesting thought (as so often with this thinker).