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“Knowing ourselves, we are beautiful; in self-ignorance, we are ugly.”

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Plotinus (204-270 AD), a renowned Greek philosopher, is considered the founder of Neoplatonism. His philosophical ideas have had a profound impact on the development of Christian philosophy and Western philosophy in general. more

“Cut away all that is excessive, straighten all that is crooked, bring light to all that is overcast, labour to make all one glow of beauty and never cease chiselling your statue, until there shall shine out on you from it the godlike splendour of virtue, until you shall see the perfect goodness surely established in the stainless shrine.”

Light Perfect Virtue Cutting Goodness Perfection Shining Cease Labour Statues Crooked Shrines Godlike Splendour Overcast

Book:The Six Enneads

Source: The Six Enneads

“Never stop working on your statue until the divine glory of virtue shines out on you, until you see self-mastery enthroned upon its holy seat.”

Self Virtue Divine Holy Glory Shining Perseverance Seats Mastery Statues Self Mastery

Author:Plotinus

“It is bad enough to be condemned to drag around this image in which nature has imprisoned me. Why should I consent to the perpetuation of the image of this image?”

Should Enough Drag Should I Consent Portraiture

Author:Plotinus

“Never did eye see the sun unless it had first become sun-like, and never can the soul have vision of the First Beauty unless itself be beautiful.”

Firsts Soul Eye Beautiful Vision Sun

Book:The Six Enneads

Source: The Six Enneads

“It's human nature to abuse power, no matter who you are.”

Humans Matter Human Nature Abuse Who You Are

Author:Naomi Wolf

“I argue that we deserve the choice to do whatever we want with our faces and bodies without being punished by an ideology that is using attitudes, economic pressure, and even legal judgments regarding women's appearance to undermine us psychologically and politically.”

Want Body Faces Choices Attitude Economic Judgment Deserve Pressure Appearance Arguing Ideology

Author:Naomi Wolf

“Beauty' is a currency system like the gold standard.”

Standards Gold Currency Dominance Gold Standard Male Dominance Beauty Myth

Book:The Beauty Myth: How Images of Beauty Are Used Against Women

Source: The Beauty Myth: How Images of Beauty Are Used Against Women

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