Beauty is in the eye of the beholder
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| - | # The [[evaluation]] depending on perception of person who sees and considers. | + | "'''Beauty is in the eye of the beholder'''" is a [[proverbial phrase]] which means that the [[evaluation]] of a thing or a person depends on [[perception]] of the 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." | + | The idea behind the phrase is 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." | + | And [[David Hume]] in ''[[Essays, Moral, Political, and Literary]]'', "Beauty, properly speaking, lyes‥in the Sentiment or Taste of the Reader." |
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| - | [[Charles Rembar]] added to it: "[[Pornography]] is in the '[[groin]]' of the beholder." | + | |
| + | In 1968, [[Charles Rembar]] added to it: "[[Pornography]] is in the '[[groin]]' of the beholder." | ||
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| ==See also== | ==See also== | ||
| + | *[[Aesthetic relativism]] | ||
| + | *[[Evaluation]] | ||
| + | *[[Assessment]] | ||
| *[[List of proverbial phrases]] | *[[List of proverbial phrases]] | ||
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"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder" is a proverbial phrase which means that the evaluation of a thing or a person depends on perception of the person who sees and considers.
The idea behind the phrase is 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 David Hume in Essays, Moral, Political, and Literary, "Beauty, properly speaking, lyes‥in the Sentiment or Taste of the Reader."
In 1968, Charles Rembar added to it: "Pornography is in the 'groin' of the beholder."
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