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Title:
Beauty : a very short introduction / Roger Scruton.
Author:
Scruton, Roger.
Publication Information:
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.
Call Number:
B1649 .S2473 B43 2011
Abstract:
... The renowned philosopher Roger Scruton explores the concept of beauty, asking what makes an object--either in art, in nature, or the human form--beautiful, and examining how we can compare differing judgments of beauty when it is evident all around us that our tastes vary so widely.-publisher description.
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ISBN:
9780199229758
Series:
Very short introductions ; 262

Very short introductions ; 262.
Physical Description:
xvi, 186 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm
General Note:
"First published in hardback [in slightly different form] as Beauty, 2009"--T.p. verso.
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Contents:
Judging beauty -- Human beauty -- Natural beauty -- Everyday beauty -- Artistic beauty -- Taste and order -- Art and Erōs -- The flight from beauty -- Concluding thoughts.
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