Beauty. Objectivism and subjectivism History of western philosophy Eurocentrism and beauty

Chinese philosophy

Chinese philosophy has traditionally not made a separate discipline of the philosophy of beauty.^[77] Confucius identified beauty with goodness, and considered a virtuous personality to be the greatest of beauties: In his philosophy, "a neighborhood with a ren man in it is a beautiful neighborhood."^[78] Confucius’s student Zeng Shen expressed a similar idea: "few men could see the beauty in some one whom they dislike."^[78] Mencius considered "complete truthfulness" to be beauty.^[79] Zhu Xi said: "When one has strenuously implemented goodness until it is filled to completion and has accumulated truth, then the beauty will reside within it and will not depend on externals."^[79]