 If the “place” of humankind is to give meaning to the world, then meaning-giving through the arts has to be examined. In the arts, humankind achieves some of its most significant instances of endowing the world with meaning. Hartmann says that “the bestowal of meaning that comes into human life via aesthetic values consists fundamentally in nothing other than in the convincing feeling of standing face-to-face before something of absolutely intrinsic value—before something for whose sake alone it would be worth living, regardless of how the conditions of one’s life stand otherwise” (AE35b).