Beauty is in the eye of the beholder
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| - | The idea is a very old one: [[[Theocritus]] Idyll vi. 18] γὰρ ἕρωṯί ρολλάκίς‥ṯὰ μή καλὰ καλὰ ρέϕανṯαί, for in the eyes of love that which is not beautiful often seems beautiful. | + | The idea behind this proverbial phrase is a very old: [[Theocritus]] in [[Idyll]] says "γὰρ ἕρωṯί ρολλάκίς‥ṯὰ μή καλὰ καλὰ ρέϕανṯαί", "for in the eyes of love that which is not beautiful often seems beautiful." |
| - | Cf. [1742 Hume [[Essays Moral & Political]] II. 151] Beauty, properly speaking, lyes‥in the Sentiment or Taste of the Reader. | + | And [[Hume]] in ''[[Essays Moral & Political]]'', "Beauty, properly speaking, lyes‥in the Sentiment or Taste of the Reader." |
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- The evaluation depending on perception of person who sees and considers.
- "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder." — ?
- "Whether that was abusive or not, that is in the eye of the beholder." — Randall Vogt
The idea behind this proverbial phrase is a very old: Theocritus in Idyll says "γὰρ ἕρωṯί ρολλάκίς‥ṯὰ μή καλὰ καλὰ ρέϕανṯαί", "for in the eyes of love that which is not beautiful often seems beautiful."
And Hume in Essays Moral & Political, "Beauty, properly speaking, lyes‥in the Sentiment or Taste of the Reader."
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