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Is Beauty in the Eye of the Beholder?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 July 2009

Abstract

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In this article, John Hyman argues that beauty does not consist in mathematical perfection; that Hume was mistaken in claiming that beauty exists only in the mind; that we can discover what is really beautiful by learning to give reasons for our preferences; and that some things in the world are beautiful—probably many more than we imagine.

Type
Research Article
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