Ontology, Or, the Theory of Being; An Introduction to General Metaphysics
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5, art. 4, ad. i). " " Ad pulchritudinem tria requiruntur ; primo quidem integritas sive perfectio ; quae enim diminuta sunt, hoc ipso turpia sunt ; et debita proportio sive consonantia ; et iterum claritas." — Summa Theol., I., q. 39, art. 8, c. Elsewhere he omits integrity, supposing it implied in order : " ad rationem pulchri sive decori concurrit et claritas et debita proportio ". And elsewhere again he omits clarity, this being a necessary effect of order : " pulchrum in debita proportione... consistit "■ IDEALITY AND THE BEAUTIFUL 201 56. Some Definitions of the Beautiful.— An object is beautiful when its contemplation pleases us; and this takes place when the object, complete and entire in itself, possesses that order, harmony, proportion of parts, which will call forth the full and vigorous exercise of our cognitive activity. All this amounts to saying that the beauty of a thing is the revelation or manifestation of its natural perfection} Perfection is thus the foundation of beauty ; the showing forth of this perfection is what constitutes beauty formally.
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