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Beauty is no quality in things themselves: It exists merely in the mind which… — David Hume

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Beauty is no quality in things themselves: It exists merely in the mind which contemplates them.

David Hume
1758
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Topic
Nature of beautyBeautyRelativism
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Essay
Time
1758Age of Enlightenment
Person
David Hume
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Current citation
Hume, David. "Of the Standard of Taste." Essays, Moral, Political, and Literary: Volumes 1 and 2, edited by Tom L. Beauchamp and Mark A Box. Oxford University Press, 2022, pt. 1, no. 23.
Original citation
Hume, David. "Of the Standard of Taste." Essays, Moral, Political, and Literary. Edinburgh: A. Kincaid, 1758, pt. 1, no. 23.

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