philosophy of beauty
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The Conclusion to his book of Renaissance essays, published in 1873, was seized on for the ardour with which Pater propounds a philosophy of beauty.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 26, 2011
Like beauty, it will not be measured, but every beautiful person shames our analysis and philosophy of beauty.
From Early Letters of George Wm. Curtis by George Willis Cooke
The philosophy of beauty is a theory of values.
From The Sense of Beauty Being the Outlines of Aesthetic Theory by George Santayana
It was more than a method: it was a permanent expression of his own life, which aided him to construct a philosophy of beauty characteristic of the new age.
From Thoughts on Art and Life by Leonardo da Vinci
He elaborated a sort of philosophy of beauty which not only pleased and satisfied himself, but found very many adherents, and became the dogma of a school.
From Oscar Wilde by Leonard Cresswell Ingleby