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Laokoon: oder ber die Grenzen der Mahlerey und Poesie (Laocoon: On the Limits of Painting and Poetry) is an essay by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, published in 1766. In it, Lessing argues against the prevailing aesthetic theories of his time, particularly the idea that...