WHAT IS BEAUTY ? A RARE QUOTATION

 

          WHAT IS BEAUTY ? A RARE QUOTATION

Socrates called beauty a short-lived tyranny; Plato, a privilege of nature; Theophrastus, a silent cheat; Theocritus, a delightful prejudice; Carneades, a solitary kingdom; Aristotle. That it was better than all the letters of recommendation in the world; Homer, that it was a glorious gift of nature, and Ovid, that it was a favour bestowed by the gods.

Note: All the names excluding that of Ovid are of Greek poets/ philosophers. Ovid was a Roman poet.   

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G.R.Kanwal

13^th December 2023