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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 1 February 2025. Aesthetically unfavorable characteristic The Ugly Duchess (painting by Quentin Matsys, c. 1513) Unattractiveness or ugliness is the degree to which a person's physical features are considered aesthetically unfavorable. Terminology Ugliness is a property of a person or thing that is ...
In her view, love drives the individual to seek beauty, first earthly beauty, or beautiful bodies. Then as a lover grows in wisdom, the beauty that is sought is spiritual, or beautiful souls. For Diotima, the most correct use of love of other human beings is to direct one's mind to love of wisdom, or philosophy. [1]
"The Libido for the Ugly" is an essay by H. L. Mencken (1880–1956), a Baltimore journalist, satirist, and social critic of the American scene. "The Libido for the Ugly" was first published in 1926 as a column in the Baltimore Evening Sun and next in Mencken's book Prejudices: Sixth Series (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1927).
"Life's a climb. But the view is great." There are times when things seemingly go to plan, and there are other moments when nothing works out. During those instances, you might feel lost.
31. "Handling toxic people is not an art, they will be the victim of their own toxicity." – P.S. Jagadeesh Kumar 32. "I have found the best way to deal with a toxic person is to not respond in ...
Ugliness is not only in the physical but also in the moral sense, Christianity denies to some extent the existence of ugliness, since the whole universe is a divine work and God can not create something ugly if He is a perfect being. Only sin and suffering are ugly because they move away from the precepts of faith.
Aesthetic of Ugliness (Aesthetik des Hässlichen) is a book by German philosopher Karl Rosenkranz, written in 1853. It is among the earliest writings on the philosophy of ugliness and "draws an analogy between ugliness and moral evil". [1] Introduction Section 1: Formlessness Section 2: Incorrectness Section 3: Deformation or Disfiguration ...
The practical significance of Scheler's Stratification of Emotional Life is obvious in several respects and points of view. First, Scheler seems to be making a case in favor of what we might refer to today as Emotional Intelligence, as a portal to more ethical behavior and optimum personal development, similar to the ancient Greek concern for promoting virtuous character. [3]