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Hardcover Beauty: The Fortunes of an Ancient Greek Idea Book

ISBN: 019992726X

ISBN13: 9780199927265

Beauty: The Fortunes of an Ancient Greek Idea

(Part of the Onassis Series in Hellenic Culture Series)

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What does it mean to say something is beautiful? On the one hand, beauty is associated with erotic attraction; on the other, it is the primary category in aesthetics, and it is widely supposed that the proper response to a work of art is one of objective contemplation. At its core, then, beauty is a contested concept, and both sides feel comfortable appealing to the authority of Plato, and via him, to the ancient Greeks generally. So, who is right-if...

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