The singular point of beautiful objects, and people, is that they are experienced not as parts, or ratios between cheekbones and chin, but as wholes. The experience of beauty is a perception, but it is one that mixes up various other sensations and makes them converge in a particular way.
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The singular point of beautiful objects, and people, is that they are experienced not as parts, or
The singular point of beautiful objects, and people, is that they are experienced not as parts, or
The singular point of beautiful objects, and people, is that they are experienced not as parts, or
The singular point of beautiful objects, and people, is that they are experienced not as parts, or
The singular point of beautiful objects, and people, is that they are experienced not as parts, or
The singular point of beautiful objects, and people, is that they are experienced not as parts, or
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