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Plato on Beauty: Is beauty a real entity?

August 5, 2022 by The Philosurfer Leave a Comment

Plato's doctrine of the Forms is famous in philosophy, and like everything else, he believes there is a Form of Beauty. In this video, I explore what that means.

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Further Reading

Grube, G.M.A. "Plato's Theory of Beauty."

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Should music be censored?

August 3, 2022 by The Philosurfer Leave a Comment

This video explores Plato's reasoning for censorship of music and art in general in his Republic.

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Further Reading

Plato. Republic

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Is beauty objective? Or is it in the eye of the beholder?

August 2, 2022 by The Philosurfer Leave a Comment

Is beauty in the eye of the beholder? Or is there a matter-of-fact about what is beautiful and what isn't?

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Filed Under: Aesthetics Tagged With: aesthetics, beauty, objective, subjective