The use of art is the key to understanding the philosophy and religion of different nations and brings out intellectual reflection. It seems that Hegel means through art that expresses the intellectual reflection that allows the spirit to heal. Hegel expresses the external world and the internal world of the senses and the power that art has on the Greeks and also on the Christian vision. It gets to the point that art is now a thing of the past. Now art has “lost truth and authentic life, and has moved into our ideas instead of maintaining its original necessity in reality and occupying its highest place” (Hegel). There may be some correlation between the art of 500 years ago and the art of today. Art can be used as a form of expression of intellectual thought and as a form of entertainment. Hegel says that for today art is a greater necessity and to know philosophically what art is
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