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[[Image:Beauty low res.jpg|right|frame|<center>[[Euler|Euler's]] Relation</center>]]
[[Image:Beauty low res.jpg|right|frame|<center>[[Euler|Euler's]] Relation</center>]]
The [[subjective]] experience of "beauty" often involves the interpretation of some entity as being in balance and [[harmony]] with [[nature]], which may lead to feelings of attraction and emotional well-being. "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder" is a common phrase that expresses this concept.<ref name="phrase" [http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/59100.html] In its most profound sense, beauty may engender a salient experience of positive reflection about the meaning of one's own existence. An "object of beauty" is anything that reveals or resonates with [[personality|personal]] [[meaning]].
'''Beauty''', art, is largely a matter of the unification of contrasts. Variety is essential to the concept of beauty. The supreme beauty, the height of [[finite]] art, is the drama of the unification of the vastness of the [[cosmic]] extremes of Creator and creature. Man finding God and God finding man--the creature becoming perfect as is the Creator--that is the supernal achievement of the supremely beautiful, the attainment of the apex of cosmic art.
The classical Greek adjective beautiful was καλλός. The Greek word for beautiful was "ὡραῖος", an adjective etymologically coming from the word "ὥρα" meaning hour. In Greek, beauty was thus associated with "being of one's hour". A ripe fruit (of its time) was considered beautiful, whereas a young woman trying to appear older or an older woman trying to appear younger would not be considered beautiful. ὡραῖος in Attic Greek had many meanings, including youthful and ripe old age.
The classical Greek adjective beautiful was καλλός. The Greek word for beautiful was "ὡραῖος", an adjective etymologically coming from the word "ὥρα" meaning hour. In Greek, beauty was thus associated with "being of one's hour". A ripe fruit (of its time) was considered beautiful, whereas a young woman trying to appear older or an older woman trying to appear younger would not be considered beautiful. ὡραῖος in Attic Greek had many meanings, including youthful and ripe old age.
