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... beauty and loveliness . ( Consciousness of the body and its beauty as a good in itself was a ' discovery ' of Renaissance man . ) Beauty could be seized and enjoyed as a rose is plucked in an immediate response to the menace of fleeting ...
... beauty and loveliness . ( Consciousness of the body and its beauty as a good in itself was a ' discovery ' of Renaissance man . ) Beauty could be seized and enjoyed as a rose is plucked in an immediate response to the menace of fleeting ...
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... beauty of the senses , was seen as a possible first step in aspiration to love of the highest . Beauty was the divine Idea in the material object ; and love was the perception of that Idea . Love for the fair human beloved was for the ...
... beauty of the senses , was seen as a possible first step in aspiration to love of the highest . Beauty was the divine Idea in the material object ; and love was the perception of that Idea . Love for the fair human beloved was for the ...
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... beauty , earthly and heavenly . At the Renaissance what was learned from Plato came together with what was learned from Aristotle . The way of loving as a discipline for man played a prominent part in the ideal of the man of active ...
... beauty , earthly and heavenly . At the Renaissance what was learned from Plato came together with what was learned from Aristotle . The way of loving as a discipline for man played a prominent part in the ideal of the man of active ...
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