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Between Perfection and Freedom: Kant and the Aesthetic Truth of Poetry

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|Sep 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.33134/eeja.586 | Journal eISSN: 2571-0915
Language: English
Page range: 175 - 192
Submitted on: Oct 14, 2024
Accepted on: Mar 13, 2025
Published on: Sep 15, 2025
Published by: Helsinki University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

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