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      • Plato believed that beauty is a quality of an object and that there is one true “form” or essence of the beautiful that explains why individual things are beautiful. The beautiful itself has to do with harmony, proportion, and balance.
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  4. plato.stanford.edu › entries › beautyBeauty - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

    Sep 4, 2012 · 1. Objectivity and Subjectivity. Perhaps the most familiar basic issue in the theory of beauty is whether beauty is subjective—located ‘in the eye of the beholder’—or rather an objective feature of beautiful things.

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  6. platointelligence.com › what-is-beauty-for-platoWhat Is Beauty for Plato? - Plato ... - Plato Intelligence

    Plato defines beauty as more than just the physical appearance; it encompasses the essence of an object or person. This is evident in his famous dialogue, “Symposium,” where Socrates discusses the nature of love and beauty.

  7. plato.stanford.edu › entries › plato-aestheticsPlato’s Aesthetics - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

    Jun 27, 2008 · It is fundamental to understanding Platonic beauty as part of Plato’s aesthetics that Plato sees no opposition between the pleasures that beauty brings and the goals of philosophy. The Timaeus suffices to make that point when it credits contemplation of the heavens with the origins of philosophy.

  8. plato.stanford.edu › entries › aesthetic-judgmentAesthetic Judgment - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

    Feb 28, 2003 · Pleasure in beauty, for example, has as its object the property of beauty; we find the beauty pleasurable. A Humean sentimentalist will probably say that normativity is something we somehow construct or foist upon our pleasures and displeasures, which have no such content.

  9. philosophybuzz.com › beautyWhat Is Beauty? (Philosophy)

    Feb 28, 2024 · In the realm of objective beauty, proponents argue that there are inherent and measurable qualities that determine the beauty of an object or work of art. These qualities may include symmetry, proportion, harmony, and balance.

  10. www.philosophymatters.org › what-is-beautyWhat is Beauty? Plato, Beauty, and Knowledge - Philosophy Matters

    May 15, 2012 · Plato, Beauty, and Knowledge. Plato’s theory of knowledge – his epistemology – can best be understood through thinking about beauty. We are born with all knowledge, he says, but when our soul became trapped in our body at birth, we forgot this knowledge. Learning, then, is similar to remembering.