tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2382184804747180588.post5904008708326951382..comments2024-03-27T09:04:12.454-07:00Comments on Baring the Aegis: On arête: the act of living up to one's full potentialElani Temperancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05611003885755154591noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2382184804747180588.post-2207154266670295252014-06-26T06:17:52.190-07:002014-06-26T06:17:52.190-07:00Love everything that I am reading here. Thanks for...Love everything that I am reading here. Thanks for your references Eric. Waldemar Januszczak talks about ugly beauty. Have you any references to that POV?Algis Kemezyshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08090286130353597350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2382184804747180588.post-17322308080718804662013-11-06T07:07:41.300-08:002013-11-06T07:07:41.300-08:00That is not to say I disagree with you - jealousy ...That is not to say I disagree with you - jealousy can hardly lead to a beautiful soulerichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08264381441940725941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2382184804747180588.post-40429761438491985052013-11-06T06:45:59.163-08:002013-11-06T06:45:59.163-08:00While physical beauty was admired, Plato and Socra...While physical beauty was admired, Plato and Socrates make the point that the pinnacle of beauty is a much more abstract concept about the beauty of souls, not bodies. And that the beauty of bodies is as nothing next to the beauty of a virtuous soul.<br />I think the tale of Eros finding Psyche to be the most beautiful thing, even more than Aphrodite points to this.erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08264381441940725941noreply@blogger.com