As ALL BEAUTY is the result of harmony, it will be requisite here to remark, that harmony is not a simple quality, but, as Aristotle defines it, "the union of contrary principles having a ratio to each other." Harmony thus operates in the production of... First Principles of Symmetrical Beauty - Page 18by David Ramsay Hay - 1846 - 88 pagesFull view - About this book
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...affect the mind, to please or to displease it, to produce a sense of harmony or of discord. Harmony is, as Aristotle defines it, the union of contrary principles having a ratio to each other." " The contrary principles are those of uniformity and variety, which give rise to two distinct kinds... | |
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