Aug 23– From "A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful" (1757) by Edmund Burke

 It's ok, 1D figured it out.

Aug 23– From A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful (1757) by Edmund Burke

Summary: Beauty is not purely defined by proportionality or function.

Commentary: You know how they say you can't prove a negative? Burke gives a great demonstration here by going on for pages about how some things aren't what makes something beautiful, but still fails to define beauty.