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Elaine Scarry

This person presented herself as an objective judge of beauty; however, she often used personal anecdotes to make her point.

Wittgenstein

This person was a philosopher who wrote that beauty invited replication.

Leonardo Da Vinci

This person's work proved that even great masters whom we consider innovative had copied work and imitated other beautiful creations.

Plato

This ancient philosopher stated that beauty led to justice.

Homer

This person wrote about an encounter with a beautiful woman to prove that beauty was shocking.

Matisse

This person's palm fronds served as a lengthy digression, proving that once we have seen something as beautiful, it is difficult to see it otherwise.

Kant

This person's distinction of the sublime and the beautiful was the root cause for the demotion of beauty as lesser.

Augustine

This person wrote that the root of social equality or symmetry was found in the equality...

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