Six Names of Beauty
Beauty may be in the eye of the beholder, but it''s also in the language we use and everywhere in the world around us. In this elegant, witty, and ultimately profound meditation on what is beautiful, Crispin Sartwell begins with six words from six different cultures - ancient Greek''s ''to kalon'', the Japanese idea of ''wabi-sabi'', Hebrew''s ''yapha'', the Navajo concept ''hozho'', Sanskrit ''su...
Beauty may be in the eye of the beholder, but it''s also in the language we use and everywhere in the world around us. In this elegant, witty, and ultimately profound meditation on what is beautiful, Crispin Sartwell begins with six words from six different cultures - ancient Greek''s ''to kalon'', the Japanese idea of ''wabi-sabi'', Hebrew''s ''yapha'', the Navajo concept ''hozho'', Sanskrit ''su...
