Henry MillerI had a microscopic eye for the blemish, for the grain of ugliness which to me constituted the sole beauty of the object.
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The world is full of beautiful things. When we look at a beautiful thing, we see a thing that is pleasing to the eye. We see a thing that is beautiful. However, when we look at something ugly, we see something that is displeasing to the eye.
We see something that ugly. This idea of beauty and ugliness has been discussed by many different philosophers throughout history. Some philosophers have argued for the existence of beauty and others have argued against it.
However, what all these philosophers have agreed on is that beauty exists. One of the most famous of these philosophers was Immanuel Kant. His famous book, Critique of Pure Reason, was one of the most influential books in philosophy during his time.
Kant argued against the existence of beauty but he did not argue against its existence. He argued against the existence of disinterestedness, meaning he argued against absolute beauty not existing in this world because it is not found in nature or in our minds.
Source: Tropic Of Capricorn
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