“Beauty has been central to our civilisation for over 2000 years. From its beginnings in ancient Greece philosophy has reflected on the place of beauty in art, poetry, music, architecture and everyday life. Philosophers have argued that through the pursuit of beauty we shape the world as a home. We also come to understand our […]
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“Beauty & Desecration” (Lecture Review)
“The search for beauty is the search for home, for a place where you can be at home with yourself, and others, but in particular where you belong. … That means seeing yourself as an other, from the outside. … You want to be at home with what you find. This search for being at […]