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What does it mean?
Aesthetic appreciation supports personal and social harmony.
In plain terms
Aesthetic matters help society and individuals develop.
What can you take from it?
Value art and beauty for personal and social growth.

Where it applies

  • education
  • community building

Putting it to work

  • promoting arts
  • cultural appreciation

Questions to consider

  • How does beauty affect your life?
  • What role does art play in society?

Another view

Other factors may be equally important.

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