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From Zeuxis’ Helen of Troy to Molière’s Le Misanthrope: Kant and Artistic Exemplars Cover

From Zeuxis’ Helen of Troy to Molière’s Le Misanthrope: Kant and Artistic Exemplars

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|Sep 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.33134/eeja.605 | Journal eISSN: 2571-0915
Language: English
Page range: 121 - 141
Submitted on: Nov 29, 2024
Accepted on: May 25, 2025
Published on: Sep 15, 2025
Published by: Helsinki University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

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