Beauty is no quality in things themselves: It exists merely in the mind which contemplates them

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Beauty is no quality in things themselves: It exists merely...
Beauty is no quality in things themselves: It exists merely...
Beauty is no quality in things themselves: It exists merely...
Beauty is no quality in things themselves: It exists merely...
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Attributed to Plato, the idea that beauty is an ephemeral thing, existing only in the minds of those who behold it. The idea that beauty is merely in the mind seems to be supported by the observation that when considering something beautiful, one cannot help but imagine how it would look if it were in another place, in another style.

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